Tag: food drive
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Food drive begins at North Brunswick Raymour & Flanigan location
Raymour & Flanigan and the Knights of Columbus are holding a six-week food drive to benefit the North Brunswick Food Bank at Raymour & Flanigan, 1471 Route 1 south, North Brunswick. Bring a donation of a non-perishable food item to receive a coupon redeemable for furniture savings.
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Freeholders sponsor annual food drive
The shelves at Fulfill of Monmouth and Ocean Counties are fairly empty. That is why the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is placing food collection bins at 11 county buildings, 13 county libraries and four county parks as a way for residents to assist their neighbors in need. “The challenge of feeding the hungry never…
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Weichert, Realtors’ Middletown office collecting food and toiletries for Lunch Break
Weichert, Realtors’ Middletown office is partnering with Lunch Break as a dropoff center for its “Spring into Summer FOODSTOCK-UP” campaign to help stock its pantry shelves from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends, April 1-June 30, at the office, 1008 Route 35, Middletown. Lunch Break is a…
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Legion Post 401 begins annual food drive
American Legion Post 401’s annual food drive in support of the South Brunswick Food Bank has begun. Area residents may drop off non-perishable food donations any day after 3 p.m. at the post, 148 Major Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Items needed include coffee, tea, water, Parmalot milk, vegetables, canned and boxed potatoes,…
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‘Cast a Can’ when voting Nov. 7 in Woodbridge
Senior class students from Woodbridge High School will kickoff the annual General Election Day “Cast-A-Can-When-You-Cast-Your-Vote” Food Drive at a Woodbridge High School (WHS) rally on Nov. 1. The “Cast-A-Can-When-You-Cast- Your-Vote” Food Drive has become an Election Day tradition as WHS Senior Class students coordinate and collect food donations for the Township food pantries. Voters are…
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Anshe Emeth collecting food for Yom Kippur
Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple is holding its annual High Holy Days Food Drive to help ease the hunger of those in the community whose fast does not end at sundown on Yom Kippur. There is need for macaroni and cheese, biscuit or pancake mix, canned vegetables and fruits, canned tomato products, powdered or condensed milk,…
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Tinton Falls to cut off-duty police pay for out of town
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer TINTON FALLS The Borough Council introduced an ordinance that if adopted will reduce the Tinton Falls Police Department’s off duty rates for out of town assignments. The ordinance came at the request of the Tinton Falls Police Benevolent Association (PBA) Local 251, according to the council agenda. If approved by…
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Social media sets the stage for MCFOODS spring food drive
Middlesex County’s regional food pantry is turning to social media in an effort to ramp up enthusiasm for and participation in its annual Spring School Food Drive. “This year, we’ll be scouring networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, looking for the ‘MCFOODS’ hashtag,” announced Project Manager Jennifer Apostol of the Middlesex County Food Organization and…
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Food bank drive continues in O.B.
The Route 516 Animal Hospital, 2117 Route 516, Old Bridge, will conduct its Easter Food Drive through March 22 to benefit the Old Bridge Food Bank. Donations may be dropped off at the hospital during regular business hours, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. The most needed and requested food items include cereal, creamed corn,…
