Adopt-A-Day

Beginning in the spring of 1999, TASK has offered volunteer groups the opportunity to "Adopt-A-Day" at the Soup Kitchen.

Adopt-a-Day provides a way for your organization to sponsor every service that goes on at TASK in a day -- meals, tutoring, support programs, etc. -- and participate in the delivery of those services.

Or your organization can sponsor and participate in a single activity or a combination of activities.

Here is a list of the most common options:

• Sponsor a full day of TASK activities including two meals: $3,000
• Sponsor a day's worth of meals only: $2,000
• Sponsor one mid-day meal: $1,200
• Sponsor one week's supply of milk: $800
• Sponsor one dinner meal: $600
• Sponsor one week of Adult Education: $500

You can send as many as 12 people to work on your day. Volunteers must be 13 years or older. Volunteer hours are Mon-Fri, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and Mon-Thurs, 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

Also, if at all possible, please bring for distribution that day any of the following:

• 500 pairs of men's tube or crew socks.
• 500 mini-hygiene bags -- washcloth, men's disposable razor, and soap (Irish Spring, Zest, Coast and Lever 2000 are patron favorites), in a "ziplock" sandwich bag. Men's razors are "unisex" for us.
• 500 hygiene bags -- toothpaste, toothbrush, men's deodorant, men's disposable razor, soap (Irish Spring, Zest, Coast and Lever 2000 are patron favorites), shampoo, and optionally hand or body lotion in a "ziplock" bag. Full-sized items are preferred but hotel/motel sizes are acceptable.  Men's items are "unisex" for us.
• 500 mid-day bags to go -- either a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (please put peanut butter on both slices of the bread and the jelly in the middle) or a Chef Boyardee (or similar) microwave or canned individual serving of pasta plus a plastic spoon; fresh or an individual portion of canned fruit; a dessert; a juice box and a napkin in a brown lunch bag.

We want to thank the following groups for leading the way in Adopting A Day at TASK:

• All Saints Episcopal Church, Princeton
• CyLogix Corporation, Princeton
• Eden Institute, Princeton 
• Har Sinai Temple, Trenton
• Jewish Center of Princeton
• Korean Presbyterian Church, Princeton
• Korean Presbyterian Church, Trenton
• Muslims Against Hunger
• Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Hainsport
• Princeton Meeting of Friends, Princeton
• Sodexho
• St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church, Skillman
• Temple Beth Chaim, West Windsor
• Webcraft Corporation, Lawrenceville

A special thanks goes to the Central Jersey Sikh Association and the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Center, East Brunswick. These groups had been involved in sponsoring Sunday meals at TASK regularly for many years until we discontinued Sunday meals.

Contact our Volunteer Coordinator via email to make arrangements or to get additional information.