The Crisis Ministry has received a $40,000 grant for 2011 from the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation. Carolyn Biondi, interim Executive Director of the Crisis Ministry, said the funds would support the organization’s Hunger Prevention program, AmeriCorps staffing support, and new initiatives.
“The Bonner Foundation is one of our most important partners, and we are grateful for its partnership with us as we address hunger in greater Mercer County’s low-income households,” said Biondi.”
The Crisis Ministry was founded in 1980 by clergy and lay leaders from Nassau Presbyterian Church and Trinity Episcopal Church in Princeton. Today it counts among its active partners more than 60 congregations of different faiths, businesses, private foundations, schools and colleges, hundreds of volunteers and individual donors, and the public sector. A program of the 501(c)3 non-profit Princeton Outreach Projects, Inc., the Crisis Ministry partners with the community to achieve stability for neighbors in need, and serves some 1,400 households each month with food, housing stability, and workforce development. In addition, with Capital Health System, it holds free, bi-monthly health screenings hosted by First Presbyterian Church of Trenton. Its two locations are 123 E. Hanover Street in Trenton and 61 Nassau Street (in Nassau Presbyterian Church) in Princeton. Visit thecrisisministry.org or 609 396-9355 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 609 396-9355 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation supports anti-poverty programs in the area of hunger and education, and concentrates many of its efforts in central New Jersey through support of 25 community-based and educational institutions combating poverty, especially in the area of hunger. The Foundation also supports the Bonner Scholar and Bonner Leader Programs, four-year, service-based college scholarship programs at more than 75 colleges and universities across the country, providing access to education, and an opportunity to serve to more than 3,200 students annually.
