The North Hunterdon Food Pantry was established in 1991 to address the problem of distributing food to needy persons in the North Hunterdon area.

In response to its call to serve and provide for the needs of others in the community and the world, the Spruce Run Lutheran Church family is the sponsoring organization for the North Hunterdon Food Pantry, a non-profit organization staffed by volunteers. The pantry serves about 100 clients by regularly distributing to 30-40 family units per month. The family units consist of single individuals, families, single mothers, and senior citizens. Through this program, we happily provide nourishing food for their tables. The pantry was relocated to the grounds of the former Hagedorn facility in September 2015.

In addition to the food and monetary gifts provided by the members of Spruce Run Lutheran Church, Spruce Run Women of the ELCA, and Spruce Run’s Tuesday Quilters, we have tremendous support from outside the congregation.  Support is provided by our local schools, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, the North Hunterdon Rotary, other area churches, Wakefern Food Corporation (ShopRite), Johanna Foods, ShopRite of Clinton, Thrivent,  America’s Grow-A-Row, and many individuals.

Through our North Hunterdon Food Pantry program, we have participated in the North Hunterdon High School’s Annual Service Day, and in Clinton Shoprite’s Bagging Hunger Program, where we packed groceries.

The pantry is supported by hard-working volunteers who sort all the food items we buy and receive, pack the client’s grocery bags, load their cars, and restock our pantry. We are thankful for our blessings.

No one should go hungry.