Tag: Lunch Break
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Donated vehicle from Sansone Jr. a boost for Lunch Break Life Skills participant
RED BANK – Through the generosity of Sansone Jr.’s 66 Automall Hope For a Ride program, Lunch Break, the Red Bank social services and food security resource center, is helping a local woman struggling financially with access to work transportation. The Hope For a Ride program partners with nonprofit organizations to donate vehicles to families…
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Atlantic Hub News Briefs, Sept. 8
A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a 10-count indictment against three men in connection with alleged sexual contact against a minor at a Red Bank eatery where they all had previously worked together, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Aug. 30. Trinidad Mendez-Romero, 31, of Tinton Falls, and Eduardo Jimenez-Berdejo, 34, of…
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Lunch Break announces Jon Stewart will host Fall Gala on Oct. 15
RED BANK – Jon Stewart, host of the upcoming Apple TV+ series, “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” will be the guest host for Lunch Break’s annual gala “We Rise Together: Restoring and Rebuilding Lives” on Oct. 15 at the Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank. This year’s honorees include Lunch Break advisory council…
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More than 800 backpacks distributed to students at Community Day
RED BANK – More than 800 backpacks filled with school supplies were distributed to students in need during Community Day 2021 in Red Bank. The event, sponsored by Lunch Break and Pilgrim Baptist Church, was a community outpouring of love for neighbors and concern for the well-being of students and their families, according to a…
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Lunch Break reopens dining room in Red Bank to guests
RED BANK – “It’s like coming home again after being away for such a long time,” said Lunch Break Executive Director Gwendolyn Love, referring to the recent reopening of the dining room facilities to guests. Having been closed for 15 months since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Lunch Break dining…
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Local artists sponsor ‘Artists Open Hearts for Lunch Break’ fundraiser
In a compassionate effort to promote goodwill among the arts community and help feed hundreds of community members in need, more than 30 artists are sponsoring the second annual online mixed media art auction, “Artists Open Hearts for Lunch Break,” from April 30 through May 9. These artists, among them legendary rock music and celebrity…
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Lunch Break marks 38 years of caring for individuals in need of assistance
RED BANK – Lunch Break, a social service organization that provides food, clothing, fellowship, life skills and employment training, is celebrating 38 years of caring for the well-being of hundreds of families and individuals living at or below the poverty line in Monmouth County and beyond. The organization’s origins date to 1983 as a food…
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Love to be presented with MLK Human Dignity Award
2020 was filled with uncertainty and cancelled events near and far, but the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County is busy preparing for its annual community celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The commemoration will be a live virtual event hosted on Zoom on Jan. 15. For the second year…
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Lunch Break welcomes new members to Board of Trustees
Lunch Break, a food pantry and social service organization based in Red Bank, has announced its new Board of Trustees members for 2020-21. The appointments became effective on Sept. 16, according to a press release. The board’s retiring members were President John Klein and trustees Michael Blechman, Lou Scaduto Jr., Tori Sickles and Kim Tsimbinos.…