The Caring for our Neighbors Ministry organizes projects that provide hands-on help to address immediate, local, concrete needs. 

For more information or to get involved contact caring4neighbors@uuprinceton.org

How we care for our neighbors:

Weekly Food Pantry Collection

Help support our neighbors in need! UU Princeton is proud to be one of more than 60 interfaith partners supporting Arm In Arm’s food pantry, which serves more than 1,400 local households each month.

Please bring non-perishable food, personal care items, disposable diapers, and McCaffrey’s grocery receipts. Donation tables are located just inside the front entrance, and the McCaffrey receipt box (labeled ‘McCaffrey Receipts for Arm In Arm’) is on the shelving unit across from the donation table.

Gather & Give Thanksgiving Service for Arm In Arm  

Each November in the Thanksgiving In-gathering worship service tradition is to fill the horn of plenty to the brim with food donations from our congregants. After the service we work together to sort, pack and transport the holiday food items to Trenton. At the Arm in Arm pantry a group from UU Princeton helps again to sort and shelve the donations. Keep an eye on newsletters, announcements and the calendar for annual dates and details.

Click here for a list of items to donate during this service.

Loaves and Fishes

Loaves and Fishes is an annual congregation-wide, collaborative social justice project.  One weekend per year, volunteers from our congregation and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Washington Crossing gather together and prepare bag lunches on Friday night and on Saturday travel to Trenton to help serve hot meals to the hungry. Keep an eye on newsletters, announcements and the calendar for annual dates and details.

Spice Packing

Help bring a little more flavor to the food pantry! Each year, UU Princeton volunteers gather to package bulk spices into family-sized portions for distribution through Arm In Arm’s food pantry in Trenton. It’s a simple, hands-on way to support our neighbors.

Outreach Grants

For more than 30 years, we have supported charitable organizations in the greater Mercer County area through annual outreach grants. These funds are raised at our annual May Spring Sale – a wonderful, community event and inter-generational congregational effort. Join us at the fair and give back to the community.

Trenton Area Soup Kitchen

The Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) is a private, non-sectarian, charitable organization that depends almost entirely on the help of volunteers and financial support from individuals, churches, local businesses, and community organizations. UU Princeton volunteers assist with the serving of meals once a month. Some of us serve at TASK as tutors.

Community Organizations

In addition to these major economic justice ministries, UU Princeton members are active in many causes and local organizations, including the Coalition for Peace Action, Meals-on-Wheels, Not In Our Town, and many others.