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FOOD BANKS / PANTRIES / SOUP KITCHENS FOR RESIDENTS
Please call or email agency ahead of time to confirm registration, proof of ID and proof of residency needs.
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General Food Assistance
- New Jersey Helps
- SNAP • Benefits Flyer (English) (Spanish)
- Coronavirus Food Assistance Program for farmers and ranchers
Safety Guide for Farmers Markets (30mb pdf)
Open to all Somerset County residents unless indicated otherwise. Please call ahead to agency to confirm as well as proof of residency & ID requirements.
Food Bank Network of Somerset County (Main Warehouse and 3 food pantries):
- Main Warehouse - 9E Easy Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
- 732-560-1813
- Open Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
- Food Pantries
- Call main number 732-560-1813
- Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
- Somerville's Shiloh Pentecostal Church
- North Plainfield's Vermuele Community Center
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
Feeding Hands, Inc.
- 908-397-6452
- 45-C Route 206, Raritan, NJ 08869 - NEW ADDRESS!
(formerly located at Emmanuel Church - now next to Retro Fitness / Dollar Tree)
- Website
- Open Tuesdays 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm & 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- BY APPOINTMENT! Drive up format. Entrance is at light at RT 206 and Orlando Drive.
- General Information:
- New clients are only being accepted from Somerset County excluding the town of Somerset.
- New Manville clients should go to the Manville Feeding Hands location.
- Pre-registration required through our phone or website for all new clients starting April 1st.
- Pre-Covid clients from other locations may continue to utilize Raritan pantry.
- Donations can be dropped off at Retro Fitness 8am to 9pm daily.
CLOSED - Salvation Army
- 108 Hamilton Street, Bound Brook, NJ 08805
CLOSED - St. Bernard's Episcopal Church & Camino de Fe Church-Food Pantry
- 88 Claremont Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924
- Website
Available to Franklin Township residents. Please call ahead to agency to confirm proof of residency and ID requirements.
Franklin Food Bank - Neighbors Helping Neighbors
- 732-246-0009
- 224 Churchill Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
- Website
- Operating by appointment only, calls may be made on the following days, if no one picks up please leave a message.
- Monday - Wednesday: 9:00 am - 1:30 pm • Thursday: 9:00 am - 6:30 pm
Only for Hillsborough Residents. Call during the times listed below for an application AND the following documentation will be needed:
- A current, unexpired photo ID (for all adults in the household)
- Proof of residency
- Proof of income for all members of the household who receive income
Hillsborough Township C.A.N. (Community Assistance Network) Food Pantry
- 908-369-3880
- Hillsborough Township Municipal Complex
The Peter J. Biondi Building
379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 - Website
- Open Monday - Friday • 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Open to all Somerset County residents unless indicated otherwise. Please call ahead to agency to confirm as well as proof of residency & ID requirements.
Food Bank Network of Somerset County (Main Warehouse and 3 food pantries):
- Main Warehouse - 9E Easy Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
- 732-560-1813
- Open Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
- Food Pantries
- Call main number 732-560-1813
- Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
- Somerville's Shiloh Pentecostal Church
- North Plainfield's Vermuele Community Center
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
Feeding Hands, Inc.
- Serving Manville residents
- 908-575-0173 Ext 2
- Manville Reformed Church Food Pantry
238 South Fifth Avenue, Manville, NJ 08835 - Open 4th Saturday of each month
- 10:00 am - 12 noon
Otto Kauffman Community Center
- Serving Montgomery residents only
- 365 Skillman Road, Skillman, NJ 08859
- For more information email: montyfoodpantry@gmail.com
Open to all Somerset County residents unless indicated otherwise. Please call ahead to agency to confirm as well as proof of residency & ID requirements.
Food Bank Network of Somerset County (Main Warehouse and 3 food pantries):
- Main Warehouse - 9E Easy Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
- 732-560-1813
- Open Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
- Food Pantries
- Call main number 732-560-1813
- Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
- Somerville's Shiloh Pentecostal Church
- North Plainfield's Vermuele Community Center
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
Open to all Somerset County residents unless indicated otherwise. Please call ahead to agency to confirm as well as proof of residency & ID requirements.
Food Bank Network of Somerset County (Main Warehouse and 3 food pantries):
- Main Warehouse - 9E Easy Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
- 732-560-1813
- Open Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
- Food Pantries
- Call main number 732-560-1813
- Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
- Somerville's Shiloh Pentecostal Church
- North Plainfield's Vermuele Community Center
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
Peapack Reformed Church Food Pantry
- Available for Somerset Hills community residents.
- 224 Main Street, Gladstone, NJ
- Monday - Friday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- For information including how to donate, email: Sama Habibi
Open to all Somerset County residents unless indicated otherwise. Please call ahead to agency to confirm as well as proof of residency & ID requirements.
Feeding Hands, Inc.
- 908-397-6452
- 45-C Route 206, Raritan, NJ 08869 - NEW ADDRESS!
(formerly located at Emmanuel Church now next to Retro Fitness/Dollar Tree)
- Website
- Open Tuesdays 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm & 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- BY APPOINTMENT! Drive up format. Entrance is at light at RT 206 and Orlando Drive.
- General Information:
- New clients are only being accepted from Somerset County excluding the town of Somerset.
- New Manville clients should go to the Manville Feeding Hands location.
- Pre-registration required through our phone or website for all new clients starting April 1st.
- Pre-Covid clients from other locations may continue to utilize Raritan pantry.
- Donations can be dropped off at Retro Fitness 8am to 9pm daily.
Food Bank Network of Somerset County (Main Warehouse and 3 food pantries):
- Main Warehouse - 9E Easy Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
- 732-560-1813
- Open Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
- Food Pantries
- Call main number 732-560-1813
- Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
- Somerville's Shiloh Pentecostal Church
- North Plainfield's Vermuele Community Center
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
Open to all Somerset County residents unless indicated otherwise. Please call ahead to agency to confirm as well as proof of residency & ID requirements.
Feeding Hands, Inc.
- 908-397-6452
- 45-C Route 206, Raritan, NJ 08869 - NEW ADDRESS!
(formerly located at Emmanuel Church now next to Retro Fitness/Dollar Tree)
- Website
- Open Tuesdays 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm & 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- BY APPOINTMENT! Drive up format. Entrance is at light at RT 206 and Orlando Drive.
- General Information:
- New clients are only being accepted from Somerset County excluding the town of Somerset.
- New Manville clients should go to the Manville Feeding Hands location.
- Pre-registration required through our phone or website for all new clients starting April 1st.
- Pre-Covid clients from other locations may continue to utilize Raritan pantry.
- Donations can be dropped off at Retro Fitness 8am to 9pm daily.
Food Bank Network of Somerset County (Main Warehouse and 3 food pantries):
- Main Warehouse - 9E Easy Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
- 732-560-1813
- Open Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
- Food Pantries
- Call main number 732-560-1813
- Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
- Somerville's Shiloh Pentecostal Church
- North Plainfield's Vermuele Community Center
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
Franklin Food Bank - Neighbors Helping Neighbors
- Only for Franklin Township residents.
- 732-246-0009
- 224 Churchill Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873
- Website
- Operating by appointment only, calls may be made on the following days, if no one picks up please leave a message
- Monday - Wednesday 9:00 am - 1:30 pm • Thursday 9:00 am - 6:30 pm
Little Free Food Pantry
- Somerville YMCA, 2 Green Street, Somerville, NJ
- Greater YMCA Somerville website
SHIP, Inc. Food Bank (Samaritan Homeless Interim Program)
- 908-393-9545
- 87 East High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876
- Website
- Open Monday - Friday • 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
- See "Soup Kitchen" tab for individual meals in Somerville
Zarephath Christian Church Food Bank - My Neighbor’s Pantry
- 732-560-4001
- My Neighbors Pantry
595 Weston Canal Rd, Somerset, NJ 08873 - Website
- Open Thursdays 10:00 am - 1:00 pm and Saturdays 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Open to all Somerset County residents unless indicated otherwise. Please call ahead to agency to confirm as well as proof of residency & ID requirements.
Food Bank Network of Somerset County (Main Warehouse and 3 food pantries):
- Main Warehouse - 9E Easy Street, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
- 732-560-1813
- Open Monday - Friday • 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
- Food Pantries
- Call main number 732-560-1813
- Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
- Somerville's Shiloh Pentecostal Church
- North Plainfield's Vermuele Community Center
- www.somersetfoodbank.org
SHIP Mobile Soup Kitchen - Schedule & Locations
- The Samaritan Homeless Interim Program
- 908-393-9545
- Website
MONDAY • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church , 41 Manning Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ
TUESDAY • 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church , 41 Manning Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ
WEDNESDAY • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church (Parking lot behind church), Main Street, Manville, NJ 08835
THURSDAY • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church (Parking lot behind church), Main Street, Manville, NJ 08835
FRIDAY • 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church , 41 Manning Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060
MEALS – Soup Kitchens
- SHIP’s Galley I
Saint John’s Episcopal Church, 158 West High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
908-393-9545 Website
- SHIP’s Galley II
United Reformed Church, 100 West Main Street, Somerville, NJ 08876
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
908-393-9545 Website
- SHIP’s BROWN BAG LUNCHES
As our resources permit
Monday - Friday: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
87 East High Street, Somerville, NJ 08876