Hunters
Helping the Hungry Needs Help with Meat-Processing
Costs
Hunters Helping the Hungry, an
organization that has enabled hunters to donate thousands
of pounds of venison since 1997, now needs some help from
the public to cover the costs of professional meat
processing.
The program, which donated more than 8,000 pounds of
venison to food banks and charitable organizations last
year alone, operates with limited funding. Butchers who
participate in the Hunters Helping the Hungry program
receive $65 to process the donated deer. Currently, hunters
who donate deer to feed the hungry must contribute at least
$25 toward that processing fee. If the program’s
funding runs out, hunters who donate deer will have to
cover the entire cost for meat processing.
Hunters should check on funding availability before
harvesting a deer intended for donation by visiting
www.huntershelpingthehungry.org.
Anyone interested in making a charitable contribution to
offset the program’s meat-
processing costs may
send a check payable to: Hunters Helping the Hungry, P.O.
Box 587, Lebanon, NJ 08833.
Participating
Butchers Include:
Game
Butchers
John Person
Lebanon (908) 735-4646
Bishop’s Market
Whitehouse Station (908) 534-9666
Country Meats of Washington
Washington, Warren County
(908) 689-1266
Mark Godek Livestock
Marlboro (732) 462-3695
Hometown Butcher
967 Route 524 (Adelphia near Howell)
(732) 462-8149
Butchers will not accept donated deer during the Six-day
Firearm Buck Season so they can accommodate their regular
customers.