Tag: Lunch Break
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Lunch Break’s 2022 toy giveaway offers hope for the holidays
RED BANK — It was beginning to look a lot like the North Pole as dozens of elves turned Tower Hill First Presbyterian Church in Red Bank into Santa’s workshop on Dec. 10. The halls were filled with toys, stuffed animals, musical instruments and holiday presents, welcoming hundreds of financially insecure families as they browsed…
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Film producer, actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan to host Lunch Break Fall Gala
Film producer, screenwriter and actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan will be the guest host for Lunch Break’s annual Fall Gala “Renew the Promise of Hope” on Oct. 14 at the Park Loft, Oceanport. The 2022 honorees include Jeremy Grunin, president of the Grunin Foundation and the Grunin Group, Norma Todd Service Award; Dr. Thomas and Bonnie…
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Red Bank children receive backpacks, school supplies during Lunch Break event
RED BANK – More than 500 people came to cheer for the winning softball team at the Lunch Break Annual Community Picnic Softball Classic Tournament and Backpack Giveaway on Aug. 20 at Count Basie Field in Red Bank. Joining Lunch Break for the softball classic was producer, screenwriter and supporter Jon Stewart, who began the…
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Lunch Break will host community picnic and backpack giveaway in Red Bank
Lunch Break will host its annual community picnic and backpack giveaway on Aug. 20 at Count Basie Field, Red Bank. The resource center that is based in Red Bank is also sponsoring its annual Back to School Drive which will benefit hundreds of financially insecure children and their families who rely on the social service…
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Lunch Break holds groundbreaking ceremony for expansion project
RED BANK — As Lunch Break endeavors to support mounting requests from individuals seeking basic necessities and job skills training, a dream to expand its current overcrowded facility came to fruition during a groundbreaking ceremony on April 28 at the facility, 121 Drs James Parker Blvd., Red Bank. During the event, which commemorated the founding…
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Lunch Break and Family Promise of Monmouth County announce merger
RED BANK – Addressing the problem of homelessness in Monmouth County has long been on Lunch Break’s radar. Community members without adequate housing have sought the resource center’s help with life’s basic necessities, among them, shelter. Having partnered in the past with Family Promise of Monmouth County, a nonprofit organization in Oceanport providing family services,…
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Lunch Break expansion proposal gains Red Bank zoning board approval
RED BANK – As the directors of Lunch Break work to support increasing requests from individuals seeking basic necessities and job skills training, a proposal to expand the organization’s current overcrowded facility has won unanimous Red Bank Zoning Board of Adjustment approval, a major step in a $12 million capital campaign. In a press release,…
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Community passion is what drew Gwendolyn Love to Lunch Break; nonprofit guides those in need on a road to success
Meeting and working with people in the community of Neptune Township “woke up a passion” for Gwendolyn O. Love, which ultimately led her to Lunch Break, a nonprofit social service organization in Red Bank, striving “to break the cycle of poverty” and “guide community members in need to self-sufficiency and healthier, more productive lifestyles.” Love…
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Community leaders honored at Lunch Break 2021 Fall Gala
RED BANK – More than 300 Lunch Break supporters were reunited for an evening of entertainment under the stars to honor the selfless work of philanthropic community leaders on behalf of financially and food insecure community members during the 2021 Fall Gala “We Rise Together, Restoring and Rebuilding Lives” at the Basie Center for the…