There are dozens of resources across the Trenton area where you can turn to for help. The list and map of food pantries, shelters, agencies, and organizations from The Wall‘s Mercer County Resource Guide can be found below, and additional listings are coming soon.
NOTE: This list is accurate as of November 2017 but is no longer being updated. For a new list from The Streetlight‘s Mercer County Resource Guide, please click here to visit our new website.
Click here to view a map of resources in and around Trenton, New Jersey.
Bordentown (Burlington County)
Bordentown Library
18 East Union Street
(609) 298-0622
Offers internet access and other services.
St. Mary’s Parish Community Food Pantry
45 Crosswicks Street
(609) 298-0261
http://stmarysbordentown.org/?page_id=56
Cranbury (Middlesex County)
Cranbury Public Library
23 North Main Street C
(609) 655-0555
Offers internet access and other services.
Skeet’s Food Pantry at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury
22 South Main Street
(609) 395-0897
http://cranburypres.org/ministries.html
East Windsor Township
Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library
138 Hickory Corner Road
(609) 448-1330
www.mcl.org/branches/hicbr.html
Offers internet access and other services.
Twin Rivers Branch of the Mercer County Library
276 Abbington Drive
(609) 443-1880
www.mcl.org/branches/twnbr.html
Offers internet access and other services.
Ewing Township
Abundant Life Christian Fellowship Food Pantry
1440 Pennington Road
(609) 883-9780
Celestial Church of Christ Food Pantry
46 Weber Avenue
(609) 771-9227
Concerned Citizens of Ewing Food Pantry
320 Hollowbrook Drive
(609) 882-0856
Open weekdays from 9:30pm to 1:30pm
Ewing Branch of the Mercer County Library
61 Scotch Road
(609) 882-3130
www.mcl.org/branches/ewingbr.html
Offers internet access and other services.
Faith Deliverance Cathedral
f15 Keswick Avenue
(609) 637-9604
www.sites.google.com/site/fdcewing
Family Guidance Center Children’s Day School
1925 Pennington Road/Route 31
(609) 882-2288
Hollowbrook Branch of the Mercer County Library CLOSED UNTIL JANUARY, 2017
320 Hollowbrook Drive
(609) 883-5914
www.mcl.org/branches/holbr.html
Meals on Wheels of Mercer County
320 Hollowbrook Drive
(609) 695-3483
Mercer Street Friends Food Bank
824 Silvia Street
(609) 396-1506
www.mercerstreetfriends.org/food-bank/
Oaks Integrated Care
31 Lexington Avenue
(609) 583-1901
Provides mental health and medical services.
Planned Parenthood
The College of New Jersey’s Eickhoff Hall
2000 Pennington Road
(609) 771-2110
Hamilton Township (including Yardville)
Bromley Neighborhood Civic Center Food Pantry
1801 East State Street
(609) 587-8100
Open Tuesdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm and Thursdays from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Family Guidance Center Behavioral Healthcare Services and Primary Health Care
2210 Hamilton Avenue
(609) 587-7044
Family Guidance Center Consumer Credit and Counseling Service
1931 Nottingham Way
(609) 586-2574
Ginny’s Pantry at Christ Presbyterian Church
726 Klockner Road
(609) 587-0751
www.christchurchhamilton.org/ginnys-pantry
Open second Thursday of each month from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Hamilton Free Public Library
1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Way
(609) 581-4060
Offers internet access, programming, and other services.
Holy Apostles Episcopal Church
1040 Yardville Allentown Road (Yardville)
(609) 208-0228
Dinner served on Tuesdays from 5:00pm to 6:30pm.
John O. Wilson Neighborhood Service Center Food Pantry
169 Wilfred Avenue
(609) 393-6480
Open Mondays from 10:00am to 12:00pm and Wednesdays from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Medallion Care Behavioral Health
1 Electronics Drive, Suite 105
(609) 586-0766
Lunch served on weekdays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm.
Planned Parenthood
2279 Route 33
(609) 689-4964
Resurrection Lutheran Church Food Pantry and Clothing Closet
4315 Nottingham Way
(609) 586-3355
www.resurrectiononline.org/ministries-groups/food-pantry-clothing-closet/
Pantry open first and third Wednesday of every month. Call for hours.
Hightstown
Community Action Service Center/RISE
116 North Main Street
(609) 443-4464
www.rise-community-services.org
Provides a variety of services and case management for area residents.
First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown/Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
320 North Main Street
(609) 448-0055
www.trentonsoupkitchen.org/programs
Community supper on Mondays from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.
First United Methodist Church of Hightstown/Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
187 Stockton Street
(609) 448-0055
www.trentonsoupkitchen.org/programs
Community supper on Thursdays from 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Hightstown Memorial Branch of the Mercer County Library
114 Franklin Street
(609) 448-1474
www.mcl.org/branches/highbr.html
Offers internet access and other services.
RISE Food Pantry
225 Franklin Street
(609) 443-4464
www.rise-community-services.org/services/food-and-shelter/
Open Monday-Wednesday from 9:00am to 12:00pm and first and third Wednesday of every month from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Hopewell
Hopewell Public Library
13 East Broad Street
(609) 466-1625
Offers internet access and other services.
Hopewell Township
Capital Health Medical Center at Hopewell
One Capital Way
(800) 637-2374
Provides wide variety of medical services.
Hopewell Branch of the Mercer County Library
245 Pennington-Titusville Road
(609) 737-2610
www.mcl.org/branches/hopbr.html
Offers internet access and other services.
Lawrence Township
HomeFront Administrative Offices
1880 Princeton Avenue (Lawrenceville)
(609) 989-9417
Emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent housing by appointment.
Pantry open Tuesdays from 12:00pm to 8:00pm and Mondays/Thursdays from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Lawrence Community Center Food Pantry/Homefront
295 Eggerts Crossing Road
(609) 883-3379
www.homefrontnj.org/lawrence-community-center/
Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library
2751 Brunswick Pike
(609) 882-9246
www.mcl.org/branches/lawrbr.html
Offers internet access and other services.
Oaks Integrated Care
2550 Brunswick Pike
(609) 396-8877
Provides variety of medical and mental health services.
Trenton Food Pantry
2160 Brunswick Avenue
(609) 802-0840
www.newjerseyconference.org/community-servicesdisaster-respnse
Open second and fourth Sunday of the month from 2:00pm to 4:30pm.
Womanspace, Inc.
1530 Brunswick Avenue (Lawrenceville)
(800) 572-SAFE (7233)
Emergency services to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault immediately following the initial crisis. Spanish-speaking staff members are available.
Montgomery Township (Somerset County)
Carrier Clinic
252 County Road 601 (Belle Mead)
(800) 933-3579
Provides mental health services and treatment.
Morrisville (Bucks County, Pennsylvania)
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Food Pantry
201 North Pennsylvania Avenue
(215) 295-3045
www.holytrinitymorrisville.org/food-pantry
Morrisville Borough Library
300 North Pennsylvania Avenue
(215) 295-4850
www.morrisvillepagov.com/library/
Offers internet access and other services.
The Food Center at Morrisville Presbyterian Church
771 North Pennsylvania Avenue
(215) 295-4191
Open Wednesdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm and first Tuesday of the month from 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Pennington
Pennington Public Library
30 North Main Street
(609) 737-0404
Offers internet access and other services.
Princeton
First Baptist Church of Princeton
John Street and Paul Robeson Place
(609) 924-0877
Dinner on Tuesdays from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Princeton House Behavioral Health
741 Mount Lucas Road
(800) 242-2550
www.princetonhcs.org/phcs-home/what-we-do/princeton-house-behavioral-health.aspx
Provides intensive outpatient services and partial hospitalization. Accepts Medicaid and Medicare.
Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon Avenue
(609) 924-9529
Offers internet access and other services.
Princeton United Methodist Church Community Dinners
7 Vadeventer Avenue
(609) 924-2613
Dinner served on Wednesday from 5:00pm and 6:00pm.
The Crisis Ministry of Mercer County at Princeton
61 Nassau Street
(609) 396-9355
Offers a variety of services.
Robbinsville
Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library
42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road
(609) 259-2150
www.mcl.org/branches/robbr.html
Offers internet access and other services.
Robbinsville Food Pantry
1 Washington Boulevard
(609) 259-1567
http://www.robbinsville-twp.org/services/robbinsville_food_pantry.php
Open to Robbinsville residents only from 9:00am to 11:00am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and also from 2:00pm to 4:00pm on Thursdays
Trenton
Amani House
518-520 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
(609) 393-3168 x. 13
http://www.voadv.org/facilitiesforsinglemen
Traditional housing for adult males between the ages of 18 and 65. Call for appointment.
Anchor House
482 Center Street
(609) 396-8329
24-hour program for runaway, homeless, or at-risk Mercer County youth between the ages of 10 and 17.
Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church
200 Hillcrest Avenue
(609) 393-2224
Open third Sunday of the month from 8:00am to 12:00pm
Cadwalader Asbury United Methodist Church Food Pantry
910 Stuyvesant Avenue
(609) 392-1037
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
750 Brunswick Avenue
(609) 394-6000
Provides wide variety of health services.
Catholic Charities Behavioral Health Services
10 Southard Street
(609) 396-4557
www.catholiccharitiestrenton.org
Provides integrated behavioral health and physical health services.
Catholic Charities Community Food Pantry
132 North Warren Street
(609) 394-8847 x. 2504
www.catholiccharitiestrenton.org/services/housing-food/
Open from 9:00am to 12:30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Community Innovations, Inc.
509 Perry Street
(609) 826-9480
Operates the Trenton Family Preservation House for families and single women and the Chester House for single men
Devine Mercy Parish of the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen and St. Stanislaus Church
60 Randall Avenue
(609) 393-4826
www.trentonsoupkitchen.org/programs
Dinner on Thursdays from 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Escher HRO Project
50 Escher Street
(609) 392-4599
Single occupancy rooms and transitional housing.
First Haitian Church of God Food Pantry
1501 Greenwood Avenue
(609) 695-3708
Open at 12:00pm on the second Saturday of every month
Henry J. Austin Health Center
321 North Warren Street
433 Bellevue Avenue
317 Chambers Street
112 Ewing Street
(609) 278-5900
Provides many medical and dental services.
Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church Food Pantry
150 North Clinton Avenue
(609) 394-9816
Open 1st Saturday of the month on four-Saturday months and 3rd Saturday of the month on five-Saturday months
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Food Pantry
189 South Broad Street
(609) 396-2411
www.cnjc-bsa.org/aplc/redeemer/
Open at 8:00am on the last Thursday of every month
Mount Carmel Guild Food Pantry and Services
73 North Clinton Avenue
(609) 392-3402
Open weekdays from 9:30am to 11:30am and 1:30pm to 3:30pm.
New Covenant United Methodist Church Food Pantry
1965 South Broad Street
(609) 393-4725
New Hope Church of God
400 Hamilton Avenue
(609) 393-3293
New Horizon Treatment Services
132 Perry Street
(609) 394-8988
Provides medical, clinical, special, and treatment services by appointment.
New Jersey State Library
185 West State Street
(609) 278-2640
Offers internet access and programs.
Oaks Integrated Care
1001 Spruce Street #205
1320 New Willow Street
314 East State Street
(609) 396-6788
Provides variety of mental health and medical services.
Planned Parenthood
437 East State Street
(609) 599-4881
Offers health care and birth control services.
Primera Iglesia Pentecostal (Alpha and Omega, Inc.) Food Pantry
347 Second Street
(609) 571-9135
Open the first and third Wednesday of the month from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
Princeton Deliverance Center
301 Southard Street
(609) 392-9161
Open most Wednesdays from 12:30pm to 1:30pm and Friday from 9:00am to 12:00pm.
Rescue Mission of Trenton
98 Carroll Street
(609) 695-1436
www.rescuemissionoftrenton.org
Soup kitchen, thrift store, emergency shelter, housing, day center, and adult education. Food provided Sundays from 11:00am to 12:00pm.
Sacred Heart Church Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry
343 South Broad Street
(609) 391-2801
Soup Kitchen open fourth Sunday of the month from 12:30pm to 2:00pm and Food Pantry open third Tuesday of the month from 2:00pm to 6:00pm.
Samaritan Baptist Church
531 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
(609) 393-0016
www.samaritanbaptistministries.org
Open Saturdays from 9:00am to 11:30am.
South Trenton Soup Kitchen at First Baptist Church
128-140 Centre Street
(609) 396-8447
www.trentonsoupkitchen.org/serving-meals.php
Open for dinner Monday-Wednesday at 4:30pm
St. Mary’s Cathedral’s Loaves and Fishes Food and Soup Kitchen
151 North Warren Street
(609) 396-8447
www.facebook.com/loavesandfishessoupkitchen/
Open for lunch from 11:00am to 2:00pm on the last two Saturdays of every month.
The Crisis Ministry of Mercer County
123 East Hanover Street (Mon. to Thurs. from 9:30am to 12pm)
714 South Clinton Avenue (Mon. to Thurs. 9:30am to 12pm)
(609) 396-9355
Offers a variety of services.
The Salvation Army Drop-In Center
575 East State Street
(609) 393-2801
Food available from 8:00am to 3:00pm, but must call for appointment if interested.
Triad House (LifeTies)
1301 West State Street
(609) 394-6747
www.lifeties.org/our-programs/triad-house/
Provides 24/7 shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth between the ages of 14 and 18.
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
72 Escher Street
(609) 695-5456
Offers many services, including job search assistance, adult education, food pantry, and soup kitchen open weekdays for lunch from 11:00am to 12:50pm and for dinner from 4:00pm to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday.
Trenton Free Public Library
120 Academy Street
(609) 392-7188
Offers internet access, classes, programs, and other services.
Trinity Episcopal Church Food Pantry
801 West State Street
(609) 392-3805
www.trinitycathedralnj.org/food-pantry.html
Open every other Saturday from 9:00am to 11:00am
Turning Point United Methodist Church Food Pantry
15 South Broad Street
(609) 393-9574
Open third Sunday of the month from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
United Progress, Inc.
62 West State Street
(609) 392-2161
Open weekdays except Thursdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm.
West Windsor Township
Jewish Family and Children’s Services Food Pantry
707 Alexander Road, Suite 102
(609) 987-8100
West Windsor Branch of the Mercer County Library
333 North Post Road (Princeton Junction)
(609) 799-0462
www.mcl.org/branches/westbr.html
Offers internet access and other services.
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