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The Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) is a nonprofit organization of soup kitchens in Trenton, New Jersey.

History
In 1982, Alice Parker, the first executive director of TASK, opened the organization's first location in the basement of the First United Methodist Church of New Jersey as a response to the early 1980s recession.

In 1991,.

In August 2017, the organization began construction of a 3,679 square foot addition to its Escher Street location.

Operation
In 2013, former executive director Dennis Micai estimated that the soup kitchen provided about 3,750 meals per week. In 2022, executive director Joyce Campbell estimated that the soup kitchen provided over 8,000 meals per week. In addition to providing hot meals, the organization also facilitates educational programs, case manager services, and giveaways.

In 2012, over 60 percent of the organization's funding came from individual donations.