Tag: Hands of Hope Community Soup Kitchen
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South Edison Community Association seeks volunteers, hosts food drive for Hands of Hope Food Pantry
EDISON – The South Edison Community Association (SECA) is mobilizing volunteers to deliver groceries to local homebound senior citizens, veterans and people with disabilities who are sheltering-in-place during the novel coronavirus crisis. This is the first of several projects SECA, a non-profit community group, is undertaking this year. “We are neighbors helping neighbors,” said Anthony…
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Middlesex County College food pantry helps students in need
EDISON — Middlesex County College now provides a food pantry for students in need. Kathleen Shay, a mathematics professor at the college, said helping her students with food insecurities was always in the back of her mind. In fall 2016, she learned about how widespread food insecurities are among college students during an Anti-Poverty Network…
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Memories of an Edison airman
EDISON — For those who knew him, Ronald M. Mayercik led by example and was admired by many. This year marks 50 years since Mayercik, a captain navigator in the United States Air Force, went missing in action when his F-4 fighter plane crashed in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. It was Thanksgiving Day,…
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Donations help feed those in need in Edison
EDISON — The latest donations to the Hands of Hope Community Soup Kitchen by members of the Valencia Soccer Academy will go a long way toward feeding those who are in need. “We were looking to find a charity in the local area,” said Jason Montesinos, founder and president of Valencia Soccer Academy (VSA), who…
