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One simple vision
Reliable access to healthy food for all
Toni’s Kitchen is a food ministry of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Montclair, NJ. Our goal is to ensure reliable access to healthy food for residents of Essex County.
Toni’s Kitchen provides food to our neighbors in need in ways that respect their dignity, improve health and foster independence. In addition to our on-site service, we use Neighborhood Mobile Markets, partner meal sites, a food truck, and home deliveries to reach our neighbors where they live and connect with one another.
12M+
Meals provided since 1982
2M+
Meals provided in 2025
83,406
Fresh prepared meals
2,600+
Dedicated Volunteers
About Us
How We Help
Toni’s Kitchen builds food security and strengthens the health of our neighbors through innovative programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our community. We offer on-site sit-down meals, meals to go, delivery of meals to seniors, on-site Choice Pantry services and a food truck that visits various neighborhoods in our area to provide meals. We also operate neighborhood mobile markets that are farmer’s market style set-ups for families to choose fresh produce, shelf-stable groceries, and hot meals from our kitchen. We also work with partner programs in the community to deliver food to populations in need.
Toni’s Kitchen conducts regular neighborhood food drives and also has frequent community-based fundraisers to help support our work building food security.
SNAP Cuts: What's at Stake This Summer
More than 800,000 New Jersey residents rely on SNAP to help put food on the table.
You may have heard about recent federal cuts to this program, which are beginning to impact this June. These cuts will result in families, workers, seniors, caregivers, veterans, former foster youth, and the unhoused losing food assistance.
These changes will create serious harm across New Jersey:
- According to the New Jersey Department of Human Services, 47,000 New Jerseyans are expected to lose SNAP benefits in June, with similar numbers losing benefits in the months that follow.
- Work requirements are expanding to veterans, kids aging out of foster care up to 24, and the unhoused.
- Many people will need to meet new requirements or lose benefits for three years.
- Costs are being shifted from the federal government to states and counties, putting pressure on New Jersey’s budget and essential services.
- In New Jersey, 82% of SNAP households include someone who is working. These include delivery workers, home health aides, bus drivers, preschool workers, retail workers, and gas-station attendants who can’t afford to purchase food without SNAP.
- Food pantries and community food programs will face rising demand as more households lose support.
- SNAP also strengthens the economy. Each SNAP dollar generates up to $1.80 in economic activity, supporting farmers, grocers, workers, and local communities.
Make a Donation!
Donations go to purchasing food and supplies to keep up with the demand for fresh, healthy meals for distribution to those in need in our community: families, seniors, children.
We are grateful for the amazing support we receive from our community as we work together to provide food to our neighbors in ways that respect their dignity, improves health and fosters independence. Thank you!
strong community ties
How We Impact Our Community
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20,350
Household Visits to Mobile Markets
24,413
Household Visits to Choice Pantry
2,735
Older Adults Served at Our Programs
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Everyone deserves healthy food, and together, we can ensure they have it. Let’s build a fully food-secure community and enjoy the health and stability that will accompany it.