Table to Table Food Rescue Hero Stephanie Taylor-Cucuta Named a Hometown Hero by Rep. Josh Gottheimer

Deacon Stephanie Taylor-Cucuta co-founded the Disabled Combat Veterans Youth Program.

Table to Table Food Rescue Hero Stephanie Taylor-Cucuta was named a Hometown Hero by Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey’s Fifth Congressional District Monday. Stephanie co-founded the Disabled Combat Veterans Youth Program, which helps provide veterans and families access to healthy food. She helps run a weekly food distribution with Table to Table in Englewood Cliffs.

“Deacon Stephanie Taylor-Cucuta is a leader whose life is defined by faith, service, and compassion. She co-founded the Disabled Combat Veterans Youth Program, providing mentorship, food access, and support to families and veterans in need,” Rep. Gottheimer’s office said in a news release. “Through programs that empower young women and girls, she creates spaces where youth feel seen and supported. Recently ordained, she continues offering pastoral care and crisis support across North Jersey. Her work has fed thousands and strengthened countless families.”

Congratulations, Stephanie!

Table to Table is New Jersey’s first and largest food rescue nonprofit, bridging the gap between food being wasted and people facing food insecurity. We bring rescued fresh, nutritious food to 303 community partners, including social service organizations, pantries, shelters, fresh produce markets and centralized distribution hubs. Food is provided free of charge. Through this, Table to Table touches a diversity of those in need, including families, children, veterans, and older adults, making good nutrition accessible while serving as a stimulus for other longer-term benefits. Since 1999 we have rescued more than 120,700 tons of nutritious food—enough for 241,400,846 million meals—and delivered it to our neighbors in need, saving over 544 metric tons of methane saved.

Related:

• Table to Table’s Groundbreaking App, I-Rescue, is Honored with The Morris County Chamber’s 2025 Award for Nonprofit Excellence for Innovative Program
• WATCH: Working Hand in Hand with our Community Partners
• 2 New Jersey Nonprofits Team Up to Distribute Food to Those in Need
• Elementary School Students Honored