Toni's Kitchen Van Stolen - Can You Help?

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Toni’s Kitchen was the victim of a major theft this week when their Ford Transit Connect delivery van was stolen from the parking lot of St. Luke’s Church. Video of the theft shows a man coming onto the property late in the day and leaving with stolen checks, cash and keys. Most troubling, he drove off with the Toni’s Kitchen van.

This is a major disruption for Toni’s Kitchen, which delivers food for several hundred families each week. The van transports Healthy Backpacks, Nutrition Packs and meals to local libraries, preschools and afterschool programs to feed families, seniors and children. “The van keeps us going,” said Anne Mernin, Director of Toni’s Kitchen. “It allows us to take in food donations from local groceries and shops and turn that surplus food into healthy meals for our soup kitchen and outreach programs. It is busy seven days a week and is a hard working member of our TK family.” The TK van was donated to Toni’s Kitchen in 2014 by a local family and has allowed the Kitchen to more than double its reach in the last few years.

Toni’s is hoping this gets resolved quickly. If anyone spots the white, Ford Transit Connect with Toni’s Kitchen markings, please call the Montclair Police Department.