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A Toni’s Kitchen Guest Story: Honduran Family
(NOTE: This is part of a series of stories focusing on how we work to improve the lives of our guests at Toni's Kitchen. To see previous "Toni's Guest Stories," please click here.) Late last year, Dania, 25, learned from a church worker in Bloomfield about the food pantry at…
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A Toni’s Kitchen Guest Story: “Kerry”
(NOTE: This is part of a series of stories focusing on how we work to improve the lives of our guests at Toni's Kitchen.) "Kerry" (not her real name) has been a regular guest of Toni's Kitchen since October 2022. Kerry lived by herself locally and experienced unstable housing, unemployment…
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Volunteer Profile: Courtney Glover
(NOTE: This is part of a series of profiles of our amazing volunteers at Toni's Kitchen.) During her 28 years as a school teacher, supervisor and principal in Paterson, Courtney Glover routinely encountered hungry students. "I saw a lot of food insecurity firsthand," she says. "When you're hungry, you have brain fog,…