Lord's Pantry at Trinity UMC

03/11/2026

This is a great program, run by an amazing organization.

The Prom Shop is coming! Get FREE new and gently used prom dresses and accessories at the Sister-to-Sister Prom Shop! Open varied hours, March 23 - 28. Learn more, https://www.projectselfsufficiency.org/prom-shop

03/11/2026

03/10/2026

Thank you to Trinity UMC’s own mission group, Sister Share, for creating 140 beautiful Easter baskets for our clients! Every year the grace this group shows is more than we can imagine! 🙏🏻

03/09/2026

Thank you, Mansfield Elementary School, for your generous donation to the Lord’s Pantry!

03/02/2026

Dear Open Cupboard friends, family, and neighbors,

At last, we are able to share some BIG news with you. In late March, we will be moving right here within the same shopping center into a new pantry space designed to better serve our neighbors with greater privacy, care, and compassion. This move allows us to create an experience that feels more welcoming and respectful from the moment someone walks through our doors.

Before we can open those doors, we must prepare the space with necessary electrical upgrades for our refrigerators and freezers, construction improvements, and the costs associated with the move. To make this possible, we have set a goal of raising $15,000.

https://www.opencupboardfoodpantry.org/how-to-donate/

This is not simply a relocation. It is a community choosing dignity. It is neighbors standing beside neighbors. It is a shared belief that when someone asks for help, they should be met with compassion and respect.

This next chapter will be written by the people who believe in this mission. If you have ever supported Open Cupboard, volunteered your time, made a donation, or believed in taking care of our own, this is your moment to be part of something meaningful.

Help us reach $15,000. Donate. Share. Stand with us as we open the doors together.

02/26/2026

Thank you, Hackettstown Elks Lodge 2331, for your donation and continued support of the Lord’s Pantry! We appreciate you!

02/25/2026

Mark, the ofsahub.org site is awesome! Thank you so much!

02/25/2026

📢 Released Today: New Jersey Food Security Strategic Plan
Today, the State of New Jersey released its first-ever New Jersey Food Security Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is a coordinated direction and an invitation to work jointly across sectors to build a more resilient food system together over the next three years. It affirms a shared commitment to ensuring that every resident can reliably access and use appropriate and preferred foods with dignity, stability, and choice. Grounded in community voice, data, and cross-sector collaboration, this Strategic Plan reflects years of community building, research, and lived expertise across the state.

Explore the Strategic Plan’s Focus Areas and Strategies to begin informing your work today! https://nj.gov/foodsecurity/food-security/stategic-plan/

Read OFSA’s blog about the Strategic Plan release for a digest overview. https://nj.gov/foodsecurity/news/

Complete this form to stay connected regarding Strategic Plan updates and implementation tools. https://unmcnutrition.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ZcCetXWLYjzDQa

02/25/2026

Our shelves and freezers are FULL, because of YOU! We cannot thank you enough for your generosity, especially over the past year. Product donations help us provide variety, while monetary donations help us sustain full shelves.
Remember, for every dollar you donate, we can purchase roughly 5 pounds of food! It doesn’t take much to make a difference.

If you, your family, your team, your business or your organization would like to conduct a fund drive please message us, or email our director: [email protected]

Together, we can help our neighbors and win the fight against food insecurity! 💪

02/25/2026

This is a great tool to learn about food security challenges in your own county. We’ve worked with the teams behind this program and the data they’ve compiled is amazing.

📣 Now Available: County Data Chartbooks on Food Security

Food security exists when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their needs and food preferences for an active life. This understanding includes the six dimensions of food security: availability, access, utilization, stability, agency, and sustainability.

To support a shared understanding of how these dimensions show up locally, we’re releasing county-level data chartbooks drawn from The State of Food Security in New Jersey: A Data Chart Book.

Each county chartbook offers a concise, visual snapshot of key food security-related metrics, highlighting selected determinants, measures, and impacts of food insecurity across New Jersey’s counties.

By organizing information at the county level, these chartbooks make it easier to apply the data locally — supporting community partners, local organizers, and policymakers as they plan, prioritize, and strengthen food security responses based on conditions in their own communities.

👉 Find your county’s chartbook here: https://nj.gov/foodsecurity/food-security/resource-library/approved/state-of-food-security-in-nj_data-chart-book.shtml

01/26/2026

Monday, January 26: