Meals with a Mission

01/04/2021

Dear Friends of Meals With A Mission:

It is with a heavy heart we announce that Meals With A Mission will terminate its operation effective January 4, 2021. The reality of COVID-19 has hit home, and we are no longer able to fulfill our mission of “Catering to the Needs of Others” through the preparation of meals at our Garfield facility.

In mid-March, COVID-19 mandates required that we suspend cooking at our kitchen. We modified our operation to become a distribution center for the rest of the year and provided fresh and frozen foods and non-perishable staples to nearby communities and agencies that remained open. Despite operating challenges, MWAM provided a total of 142,299 meals for the 2020 calendar year. In comparison, we distributed 259,263 meals from our fully operating kitchen in 2019.

Distribution is not our mission, but this plan was to be a short-term measure until such time as we could bring our volunteers back to cook in a safe environment. It is now clear that the timeframe of this crisis is unpredictable. To continue to function as a distribution center, while committed to the overhead expense of a facility we are not fully utilizing, is not financially viable. Fundraising events were cancelled for 2020, and we significantly curtailed other funding efforts because of the uncertainty of our organization’s future. Another major issue is that current circumstances have critically impacted the donated food products available to us for meal preparation.

We thank our extraordinary volunteers and generous donors for being a part of our Meals With A Mission family. Your dedication and loyal support have been the lifeblood of our mission. You have partnered with us to provide a total of 1,374,758 meals since our founding in 2010.

While the Board’s decision was a difficult one in these challenging times, you should take pride in having fed thousands of our food-insecure neighbors in northern New Jersey and in all we have accomplished together over the last ten years.

Sincerely,

Board of Directors

Meals With A Mission

11/22/2020

Food delivery to Sgt. Stewart, Garfield Senior Center / Garfield Police Department Community Affairs.

11/18/2020

Meals With A Mission’s Deacon Ralph Sparrow delivers food to Hilltop Haven, a residential shelter for women and families. Thank you Mimi Perez, Hilltop Haven’s site manager, for all the work you do for these families!

11/13/2020

Thank you to for your generous donation. Thanks to neighbors like you, we can serve those in need!

11/11/2020

Thank you to the Contemporary Club of Hasbrouck Heights for your generous donation! Your efforts helps us assist those in need during these challenging times.

11/11/2020

Thank you Irwin!

A veteran of the Korean War, Irwin now serves as the Commander of his local VFW post. He sees hunger among fellow veterans in the community and works with Meals with a Mission, one of CFBNJ's agency partners, to supply them with hot meals. "When someone's in need, we help them out," he said.

The least we can do for those who've protected and served our country is ensure that they have enough to eat. This , thank veterans like Irwin for dedicating their lives to the service of others.

11/05/2020

Thank you for your generous food drive benefiting Meals With A Mission! A special thank you to for all of your help in making this happen. Your donations will go to help feed those in need. Thank you!

11/03/2020

11/02/2020

Food delivery by Meals' Deacon Ralph Sparrow to New Faith Baptist Church in Passaic. mealswithamissionnj.org

11/02/2020

Over 600 lbs of protein from Clifton and Carlstadt Stop & Shop markets! We continue to distribute food to select agencies and seniors in need. mealswithamissionnj.org

10/30/2020

Happy to see Monica at Hilltop Haven and deliver these goodies!