Fourth annual Surfside Food Drive Sept. 1-3

Shore businesses, bands and beach clubs team up to fight hunger

Move For Hunger is sponsoring the fourth annual Surfside Food Drive and Concert Series to benefit the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

From Sept. 1-3, area residents and beachgoers are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items to the Move For Hunger tent located on the Fourth Avenue boardwalk in Asbury Park.

The three-day event will feature a movie night, the second annual Surfside Cornhole Tournament at Porta National Park, and daily performances by local artists on the boardwalk, including E Street Shuffle, Quincy Mumford & the Reason Why, Matt Wade, and The Amboys.

Anyone who donates nonperishable food items will receive a free Surfside 2012 T-shirt and will be entered into a raffle to win one of many prizes from event sponsors. Move For Hunger has partnered with more than 20 beach clubs from Rumson to Normandy Beach to collect nonperishable food items. Collection boxes are placed at each participating beach club or business.

“The Surfside Food Drive is a great way for summer residents to clear out the kitchens and pantries of seasonal properties while making a difference for the less fortunate on the Jersey Shore,” said Adam Lowy, executive director of Move For Hunger. “Last year, over 3,500 pounds [of food] were collected in Monmouth and Ocean counties.

Lowy’s Moving Service, the local partner of Move For Hunger, has donated all the boxes for the food drive, and has also provided transportation to deliver the food collections directly to the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Neptune.

For more information about the Surfside Food Drive, to register for the Cornhole Tournament, and for a complete set list of bands, visit www.Moveforhunger.org/surfside/.