The Rotary Club of Branchburg has been cooking for SHIP (Samaritan Homeless Interim Program) in Somerville four times a year for the last 20 years. During the quarantine, however, the members have not been able to gather in the kitchen of the Reform Church of Branchburg to cook everything from baked ziti to chili which SHIP uses to stock the food trucks they send out.
Frustrated by their inability to help out, the members decided to cook in their own kitchens instead. According to Diane Bonanno, a club member who spearheaded the “Cook at Home Project” 13 members of the club contributed 45 casseroles to the program paying close attention to providing food that contained protein like chicken or beef. They shopped, cooked, froze the product, and provided instructions for heating the food. The frozen trays were picked up by another member of the club and delivered to SHIP.
The volunteers at SHIP were happy to have the donations and the members of the club look forward to finding other ways to support SHIP’s mission. If you would like to support to the Club’s efforts to help the Somerset County Food Bank or SHIP please send your donation made payable to the Branchburg Rotary, to 189 Homestead Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844. Please include “Food Program” in the memo portion of the check.
