Several Island and mainland restaurants have formed a collective called the Giving Kitchen whereby each month a different restaurant prepares and donates 100-plus meals for the disadvantaged and food-insecure in the community. The Union Market in Tuckerton serves as distribution center.

The effort began a few months ago after some local business owners with shared values put their heads and hearts together. Both Toby Sweeney of the Terrace Tavern/Delaware Ave.