About Us

Community Outreach

Produce Grown

52,340 pounds
6,700 pounds - Giving Garden
45,640 pounds - Rutgers Snyder Farm

Deliveries

Designated drivers deliver the Giving Garden crops Monday through Saturday to 7 community soup kitchens. These deliveries are made April through October.
The Snyder Farm crops are picked each Wednesday morning by 15 volunteers from Wagner Farm. Another crew of 14 drivers then deliver the fruit and vegetables to various distribution sites from July through November.

Holidays

Turkey Donation Drive at Thanksgiving – 120 turkeys, 40 packages of nonperishable food items, and 45 pounds of rice and potatoes were donated to Mission Baptist Church in Warren for distribution to food-insecure families.
Holiday Cookie Donation Drive – 75 boxes of cookies, plus a large assortment of pastries, and other baked goods were distributed to soup kitchens. Four local bakeries donated very generously.

Volunteers

753 individuals volunteered in 2024
Corporations – 260 adults from various corporate groups
Students – 450 from middle schools, high schools, universities, graduate schools, also from churches and summer camps
Scouts – 43 which included Cub Scouts, Daisy Scouts, and Girl Scouts