Tag: Hunger Action Month
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Support Replenish by volunteering at food drives
Volunteers are needed to assist REPLENISH during the following Hunger Action Month activities: Labor Day Concert, Sept. 5 at 4 p.m., Roosevelt Park, intersection of Grandview Avenue and Pine Drive, Edison. Gates open at 3 p.m. for the REPLENISH launch and food collection. Hub City Sounds food drive, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m.…
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‘Replenish’ becomes new brand identity of MCFOODS
Middlesex County has officially introduced REPLENISH, Nourishing Neighbors, the new brand identity and tagline of its food distribution organization Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS). The new identity will better align with the organization’s mission of providing a turnkey hunger eradication program to its network of over 140 partner organizations so they…
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September marks awareness campaign to fight hunger
Next month kicks off Hunger Action Month and for the third consecutive year, TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen) will join anti-hunger advocates nationwide, spotlighting the chronic struggle millions of Americans have with food access. Created in 2008 by Feeding America, the largest U.S.-based hunger-relief, advocacy and education organization, Hunger Action Month is dedicated to encouraging…
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Brookdale takes steps to address food insecurity among students
Brookdale Community College administrators are working to ensure that students are equipped to work, study and conduct the tasks of daily life without feeling the effects of an empty stomach. On Sept. 17, staff members, community partners and dignitaries attended the grand opening of the institution’s Helping Hands lounge on the college’s Lincroft campus. The…
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Local gyms help food bank refuel supplies during ‘Spoontember’
In honor of Hunger Action Month, the Middlesex County food bank has recruited several local gyms to pump up donations by hosting on-site food drives throughout September. “Food donations taper off in the summertime; that’s just the stark reality, but this season’s donations have been exceptionally lean,” Jennifer Apostol, project manager with the Middlesex County…