Toni’s Kitchen currently works with three organizations providing backpacks of healthy food for children to take home. The backpacks contain food for an evening meal as well as extras for the week ahead – tuna, peanut butter, oatmeal, etc. We currently provide about 55 bags per week and we expect that to triple during the year. Want to sponsor a backpack? $48 a month provides weekly backpacks to a family. Want to volunteer? Deliver backpacks to the Montclair Public Library (we especially need help on Tuesdays and Wednesdays), donate food from the list on our website, or contact Outreach Director, Anne Mernin, about helping to coordinate the program. Tangible differences exist in the lives of low-income families due to this exciting outreach by St. Luke’s! Involved the whole family to help lighten the load for our neighbors most in need. For info, please contact Anne Mernin at mernin@slechurch.org.
