The provision of complete ready to eat meals to the HUNGRY. Prepackaged meals are given to any HUNGRY person coming to us for something to eat. The program has expanded from a few meals a day in 1984 to providing anywhere from 60 per day to 200+ a day. The meals are donated by volunteers from faith communities, corporations, organizations, clubs, schools, clubs, scouts, senior programs individuals.

The provision of immediate services needed to stabilize household and provide for clients daily nutritional needs. People in need are provided with emergency subsistence food and other available commodities. Donated food items we receive are distributed to those in need and to affiliated agencies and groups serving those in need. The food pantry is also used to provide for the needs of our other Anti-Hunger Programs.

SHIP’s Galley (a soup kitchen) was established in the Fall of 1992 in response to the increase in need for an on-site meal program to feed the hungry. It is run through the efforts of faith communities and other volunteers it provides a nutritious meal to any person in need regardless of age, race, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, residence or any other qualification. Our "open door" policy means that anyone in need of a meal is welcome to partake of this service. We are currently looking for a new site/location for this program

SHIP’s Holiday Meal Program brings hope and a hot meal to those who need it most the lonely, the poor, the unwanted, the homeless, or the silently needy who through fear or pride are unable to reach out or ask for help they need. The meals are provided at no cost to our guests. Holiday meals are served on every Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. Every year, the Holiday Meals Program nourishes the spirit for both volunteers, staff and recipients, bringing hope to the hopeless, food to the hungry, joy to the forgotten. It leaves an indelible memory of good service for everyone involved. Anyone in need in the Somerset County Region is welcome to join us.

SHIP's Mobile Soup Kitchen- Disaster Units are part of our ongoing effort to enhance and expand the faith community and the general community’s capacity to reduce hunger and homelessness. Volunteers and staff serve meals that provide tangible emergency relief, on an ongoing basis, to identified high-risk populations in our county. Meals are served Monday through Friday in the evenings from our Mobile Soup Kitchen – Disaster Unit truck. Some feeding sites have been secured within target communities to be used as daily meal distribution points. Saint Bernard Roman Catholic Church in Bridgewater served as our "Homeport" and point of embarkation. We were there to serve after the Word Trade Center attack and hurricanes.

Members of the community have created a lovely picnic area in the rear of our Safe Harbor - Port of Refuge at 87 East High Street in Somerville, in memory of a former client, street-name "Tic-Tock." Tic-Tock was always in the habit of helping others like himself in their times of need. He was stabbed to death in his home while being a Good Samaritan. He is missed.