Almost 20K Meals Bought And Delivered In Monmouth County

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — Soup Kitchen 411 has delivered almost 20,000 meals in Monmouth County to date through the FeedNJ program, which offers free food in soup kitchens purchased from restaurants in the community.

Of the meals served in Monmouth County, over 6,000 have come from JBJ Soul Kitchen, in Red Bank, including 5,600 purchased in the past six months through the state Economic Development Authority's Sustain and Serve NJ grant. During this grant period, 3,525 meals have come from No Limits Cafe, a lunch cafe employing people with intellectual disabilities.

Over 50 soup kitchens, food pantries, houses of worship, local nonprofits, community outreach groups and municipal health departments have worked with Soup Kitchen 411 to distribute meals to the community.

Almost a dozen local PBAs and Police Departments have partnered with the organization to help distribute meals.

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"Meals purchased by Soup Kitchen's FeedNJ program at retail price enable us to continue to generate revenue while donating more meals to those in need," said Dorothea Bongiovi, co-founder of JBJ Soul Kitchen in Red Bank.

Soup Kitchen 411 expects to reach the target of 30,000 meals delivered in Monmouth County by Thanksgiving.

"I first became involved with Soup Kitchen 411's FeedNJ program last Spring to make sure local restaurants got much-needed business, and I could not be more thrilled with the economic impact it has had in Monmouth County," said Senator Vin Gopa, in a statement sent by the organization.