Updates on our Local Mission Partners

Our congregation has developed lasting partnerships with a number of local agencies helping to feed people who are hungry, house people experiencing homelessness, and provide assistance in times of crisis. Read about how each of these agencies continues to fulfill its mission during this unprecedented time and what we can do to help.

The congregation based shelter program has been suspended for the time being, and when possible, guests have been moved to more permanent housing. Families without housing are currently staying at motels in Ledgewood and Parsippany. Family Promise volunteers are donating meals – see “Ways You Can Help” for more information. Read more about how Family Promise is maintaining its services.
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Ways You Can Help

  1. Make a financial donation
  2. Provide Meals: Click HERE for a Sign-Up Genius for the meals that also includes information on head count, addresses and portions.
  3. Donate Gas Cards: The families all have cars and two of the adults are still working. They can be mailed to Family Promise, P.O. Box 1494, Morristown, NJ 07962, Attention: ES Support. 

While Nourish.NJ (formerly Community Soup Kitchen) is not able to provide daily hot meals at this time, they continue to meet the needs of hungry people in the Morristown by offering take-out lunches and pre-bagged groceries. Read more about how nourish.NJ is addressing this crisis on its website .

Ways You Can Help

  1. Make a financial donation
  2. Donate non-perishable food items. (See Drop-off Instructions HERE)


Bridges staff are continuing their weekend runs to Newark and Irvington. They hope to return to Manhattan very soon. They are now doing outreach 7 days a week in Newark, checking on people experiencing homelessness who are living on the streets, or in shelters, and serve neighbors in need each Friday at their Summit office. Read more about how Bridges continues to serve its clients .


Ways You Can Help

  1. Make a financial donation
  2. Purchase an item from their Amazon Wish list.
  3. Donate Toiletries or Shelf Stable lunches (no fresh lunches/clothing at this time). Curb-side donation drop-off is available at their Summit office Mon – Thurs, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. Please call ahead at 908-273-0176.
The Community Food Bank of NJ, located in Hillside, is temporarily closed to volunteers. Their staff is focused on maintaining daily operations and distributing a record amount of food to a network of over 1,000 agency partners, many of whom are reporting a nearly 50% increase in need for food assistance The Food Bank is currently packing a total of 2,000 boxes of food per day, the equivalent of 80,000 meals. Read more about how the Food Bank is addressing this crisis on its website .

Ways You Can Help

  1. Make a financial donation
RAMP (Refugee Assistance Morris Partners) has assisted 5 families and one individual refugee to resettle in Morris County from Afghanistan and Syria. Currently, two families are living independently and one other family and the individual refugee are nearly independent. Two families, both of whom arrived in the US in 2019, are largely dependent on RAMP for their support. See page 2 of their February Newsletter for more complete family updates.  

Ways You Can Help

RAMP is networking to see if they can help find a job for the father of the most recently arrived family (late 2019). He has had experience in Business Development and Proposal Writing, Administration and Office Management, Bookkeeping and Payroll, Construction Site management. and Graphic Design and Information Technology. Read this letter for more information.

Located in Morris Plains, IFP is the primary food pantry for Morris County. They are currently distributing bagged groceries through a drive-by service and also deliver food to their Mobile Network partners (with proper precautions). Read more about how the Interfaith Food Pantry has adapted to current needs on its website .


Ways You Can Help

  1. Food donations may be dropped off in an orange bin at their Morris Plains location, 2 Executive Drive on Monday-Friday, from 9:30am-4:30pm. Please review their list of most needed items when considering what to donate. Do not leave food outside after hours.
  2. Make a financial donation
  3. Participate in the “Fill A Truck” Food Drive on Saturday, May 2 from 9 am – 2 pm – drop off location is the Madison Train Station.
  4. During the week of May 10-16, a collection box will be available in front of the main doors to the sanctuary. This special collection is being coordinated by two Chatham Girl Scouts as part of their Silver Award project. Read more about what they are doing here.

Foundation for Peace recognizes that for many in Haiti, protection against Covid-19 is the only option. With funds donated for materials and fabric, sewing teachers and sewing students at Men Nan Men Professional School are working hard, and practicing social distancing, to make masks for those in the surrounding area of Ganthier Province.


Ways You Can Help

  1. Make a donation to help purchase materials and fabric. A gift of $10 can provide masks to a family of 5. $50 can provide protection for 25 people or 5 families and $100 can provide masks for 50 people/10 families!