Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen is helping thousands of people through the pandemic

Name: Soup kitchen helps more people with new food truck
Uploaded: 2021-05-14T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 3 min 44 s
Description: Chef Curtis used to cook for about 10,000 people a month before the pandemic. Now the number has nearly tripled. He says he can probably help 30,000 more people a year now with the food truck.

Chef Curtis used to cook for about 10,000 people a month before the pandemic. Now the number has nearly tripled

Leah Mishkin, Correspondent | May 14, 2021 | Coronavirus in NJ, Social Issues

The pandemic made clear all the challenges the state faces in tackling food insecurity. And the growing importance of helping those in need where they live. For more than three decades, Elijah’s Promise has been working to break the cycle of poverty and alleviate hunger through its New Brunswick-based soup kitchen. Now rather than wait for people to come to them, Elijah’s Promise is hitting the road on wheels.

Support for “Hunger in NJ” has been provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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TAGS: CURTIS MCNAIR ELIJAH’S PROMISE FOOD INSECURITY FOOD TRUCK HUNGER IN NJ MICHELLE WILSON RONALD STRUMINGER SOUP KITCHEN

Leah Mishkin

Correspondent

Emmy nominated correspondent Leah Mishkin has been on the general assignment beat for NJ Spotlight News since 2017. Her passion is meeting new people and telling their stories. She has been reporting and anchoring at stations across the East Coast since graduating from Emerson College.

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