Skeet's Pantry
Serving our Community for Over 40 Years
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SKEET'S FOOD PANTRY SCHEDULE
Third Sunday of each month*
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
No prior Registration is Needed
LOCATED AT
FELLOWSHIP HALL
The First Presbyterian Church
22 South Main Street
Cranbury, NJ 08512
609-395-0897
www.cranburypres.org
facebook.com/FPCCranbury
Skeet’s Pantry is available to all
residents in Cranbury and our
surrounding communities in both
Middlesex and Mercer Counties.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF FOOD:
- Come to the next Skeet’s Pantry food distribution day at Fellowship Hall.
We’re located at The First Presbyterian Church, 22 South Main Street, Cranbury. Call the church office at 609-395-0897 to make alternate arrangements. - Provide your full name and phone number. This information is kept private and only used to inform recipients of pantry schedule changes.
- Receive bags of food, including non-perishable staples, frozen items and fresh fruits and vegetables.
*In November, Skeet’s Pantry is replaced by the distribution of Thanksgiving “baskets” by our Deacons, and in December, Skeet’s Pantry’s food distribution is sometimes moved to an earlier Sunday.
If you have a food emergency between our food pantry distribution dates, please come to the church office Monday – Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We will help you with a few bags of basic staples. Please keep in mind that this is for emergencies only.
Skeet’s Pantry is an ongoing mission of The First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, serving a multitude of families each month, encompassing people of all ages.
We depend upon a team of both church and community members to:
- Assist with food pickup and deliveries
- Pack bags in preparation for distribution
- Work between monthly pantries to keep our shelves neatly stocked
If you would like to volunteer to help at Skeet’s Pantry, please call the church office at 609 395-0897. You do not have to be a church member. Please spread the word!
If you would like to donate food to Skeet’s Pantry, place it in the red bucket on the front porch of Fellowship Hall.
Most helpful non-perishable foods include staples such as:
- Peanut Butter & Jelly
- Tuna Fish
- Canned Soup
- Cereal
- Canned Fruit
- Pasta & Sauce
- Canned Vegetables
- Cake Mix
No expired food can be accepted.
Skeet’s Pantry is supported by donations from our church congregation, the surrounding community, and multiple corporate sponsors.
Monetary contributions allow us to purchase additional foods and basic items needed by families that we serve.
Financial support is given by several local donors, Cranbury businesses, and ShopRite Supermarkets. We also partner with Mercer Street Friends and Replenish of Middlesex County.
If you’d like to make a donation, checks can be sent and made out to:
The First Presbyterian Church
22 South Main Street,
Cranbury NJ 08512
Please write Skeet’s Pantry in the memo line.
Please join our Corporate sponsors in support of Skeet’s Pantry by participating in our monthly donation drive.
If each organization is able to donate enough for one month of the year, it will allow us to continue our mission and purchase the additional foods and basic items needed for the communities we serve.
You are also welcome to “adopt” Skeet’s Pantry by providing volunteers for a monthly set up and/or distribution day, or start a food collection at your place of business.
Our Corporate sponsors will be promoted via photos on social media, and in our Church newsletter and signage on the day of their sponsorship.
Wanyatta “Skeet” Trowbridge, founded Skeet’s Pantry in the 1980’s.
The passion and love for helping those in need remained with Skeet all her life, and is kept alive by all the volunteers who continue to make Skeet’s Pantry an ongoing mission of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, serving many families each month and still growing!
Our “guests” receive basic staples as well as fresh vegetables, fruits and breads.
“Lord, you gave me a mission, Feed the hungry, Feed the poor… (no) Judgments on others, Just let me feed… My friends and Brothers.”
— Wanyatta Trowbridge
IMPORTANT – FOR ALL SKEET’S PANTRY FAMILIES
Someone from Skeet’s Pantry will call you and work out a plan to give you more groceries – either by giving them to someone who can come pick them up at the church for you, or possibly delivering to you by one of our volunteers if you live near the church
Also, watch our church website (www.cranburypres.org) for other information about Skeet’s Pantry.
IMPORTANTE – PARA TODAS LAS FAMILIAS de SKEET’S PANTRY
Alguien de Skeet’s Pantry lo llamara y elaborara un plan para darle mas alimentos – ya sea entregandoselos a alguien que pueda recogerlos en la iglesia por usted, o posiblemente entregandoselos a uno de nuestros voluntarios si vive cerca de la iglesia.
Tambien, mira el sitio web de nuestra iglesia (www.cranburypres.org) para obtener mas informacion sobre Skeet’s Pantry.
History
Wanytta "Skeet" Trowbridge, possibly nicknamed for being no bigger than a mosquito, founded Skeet's Pantry in the 1980's. In World War II, she had felt the effects of hunger during her time on a troop train which was transporting soldiers and their families from post to post without food or water. Later, after settling in Cranbury, she realized the prevalence of food insecurity in our local community. She started helping people independently out of her own pocket, but wanted to do more. At the time, our church Deacons already distributed Thanksgiving Food Baskets, so she expanded that program to a Friday Bread Program where day old bread, bagels and cakes were purchased or donated by local markets and then distributed on Fridays by Skeet and other church volunteers. Eventually, this effort expanded from a rack of canned food to a whole room across from Fellowship Hall to hold all the food donations. Skeet and volunteers delivered food to those in need, while maintaining a reserve supply for anyone who came for help to the church office or Skeet's home. This passion and love for helping those in need remained with Skeet all her life, and is kept alive by all the volunteers who continue to make Skeet's Pantry an ongoing mission of our church, serving over 80 families each month and still growing!