Trenton Area Soup Kitchen

It’s time for the 39th annual Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) Thanksgiving food drive at Toll Gate! Please see below for all the ways you can participate!

Suggested non-perishable food donations per student by grade. Please bring to school the week of November 18-22:

  • Pre-K: 8 cans of whole kernel corn (15.25 oz)

  • Kindergarten: 4 cans of turkey gravy (10.5 oz CANS, no glass jars)

  • 1st Grade: 6 cans of cut green beans (14.5 oz)

  • 2nd Grade: 4 boxes Stove Top CORNBREAD stuffing

  • 3rd Grade: 4 cans of JELLIED cranberry sauce (14 oz)

  • 4th Grade: 2 LARGE cans of sweet potatoes/yams (40 oz)

  • 5Kampe: 1 bag of white granulated sugar (5 lb)

  • 5Toth: 4 cans evaporated milk (10.5 oz)

Turkeys: We will also collect FROZEN turkeys for TASK in front of Toll Gate on November 21 and 22.

Pie Baking: Students in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades will bake sweet potato pies in the Toll Gate cafeteria on November 27. Parents are invited to bake with their students. Please sign up here.

Other Parent Volunteer Opportunities: Parents in Kindergarten and 1st grades are invited to help with other holiday preparations leading up to Thanksgiving. (More details and SignUp Genius coming soon!)

Donations: If you would like to make a monetary donation to support TASK, please donate via Paypal or give cash or check (made out to TGG PTO) in an envelope marked TASK 2024 to Ashlee Dana in the TG office. 

Please email valerie.buchert@outlook.com with any questions. Thank you in advance for your generosity!