Thank you to the amazing employee work team from Bristol-Myers Squibb! Mandie and crew sorted through the 1,940 lbs. of non-perishable foods and toiletries we collected at our recent food drive. They also sorted through and processed the perishable foods from our generous providers that we received. Great work! Thank you for your helping hands.
We held a food drive for non-perishable foods and toiletries at the ShopRite in Hillsborough to replenish our shelves. Thank you to ShopRite in Hillsborough and the community of shoppers! We collected approximately 1,940 lbs.! We are grateful for your support and your generous donations!
We wish you a Happy Memorial Day. Remember our fallen heroes. They are the reason we are free.
We are always truly amazed and so grateful for the diverse types of provisions that we receive each week from generous providers. Arizona Sweet Tea arrived at Bentley and we give thanks to Arizona and their distribution facilities for their generous donation!
As part of ongoing workshops offered to participant families throughout the year, a portion of the Bentley community participated in an exclusive Krav Maga workshop where they learned essential tools on how to defend themselves if attacked. This was truly an eye-opening, amazing and informative workshop!
We thank Master Arkadiy and his staff from TKD Elite for facilitating the workshop and equipping all with the tools and knowledge of defending oneself. Thank you to Princeton Fitness & Wellness in Princeton for hosting us at their facility. What a great workshop this was for all! We highly recommend this workshop to all and give it five stars!
We cannot do what we do without the help of so many volunteers throughout the year. We appreciate and are so grateful for all volunteers. Bentley continues to receive ongoing support and help from the employees at Bloomberg, offering their helping hands for the many diverse tasks that need to be done.
John and Dan truly did a terrific job this week helping in so many ways. Thank you so much for your help!
Each week as we go out on our scheduled pickups to our generous providers, we continue to be amazed and so thankful for the donations we receive of truly diverse, fresh and healthy food provisions, non-perishables and more to distribute to families in need. We thank our providers for understanding our program as they assist and help us as we create access to healthy foods, facilitating healthy diets and nutrition for families who, though employed, are challenged making ends meet. We divert these quality goods from the landfills into the households that could certainly use them. Thank you for your ongoing support of Bentley!
Each Wednesday at 11:30, our friend Larry Apperson, founder and leader of Cornerstone Community Kitchen, visits with us and pickups up our donations to the dinner program offered each Wednesday evening at The Princeton United Methodist Church. We load Larry’s pickup truck with provisions boxed and bagged ready to go of fresh lettuces, fruits and vegetables, diverse quality breads and desserts, sometimes meats, chicken, sausages, hot dogs, crackers, non-perishables and more. Since the fall of 2013, Bentley Community Services donations help to provide and feed the vulnerable population served by this dinner program, as they choose provisions to bring back to their households after eating a healthy and nutritious meal prepared and delivered by The Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
The Cornerstone Community Kitchen (PCCK) located at The Princeton United Methodist Church, 7 Vandeventer Avenue Princeton, NJ offers a free and nutritious meal every week, even on holidays. Volunteers from the community serve the meal from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. In partnership with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), this ministry of PUMC now serves more than 100 people each week. Some come for the food, some for the fellowship and friendly atmosphere. All are welcome.
As Bentley grows, our needs increase. Please help us to continue providing to and creating access to healthy foods and more to families in financial crisis in food-insecure households in the entire Central New Jersey region. Please donate through safe and secure PayPal on our donation page or by check to BCS, PO Box 1093, Belle Mead, NJ 08502. Your donation is tax-deductible. Thank you for your generous support!
$50 toward the purchase of an industrial scale
*$100 buys a tank of gas for our box truck
*$100 also helps with our dairy program of weekly distribution of milk, juice and eggs
*$100 also supports our financial and educational workshops throughout the year
$500 or more helps us towards our immediate need of a Hi Top Cargo Van to help us with our pickups from generous providers and our services to families in need in our communities.