Tag: RISE food pantry
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End Hunger 3.6 event packages thousands of bags of food for area pantries
Hightstown Elks Lodge 1955 hosted its fifth End Hunger 3.6 meal packing event on July 17. Coordinated by members Bill Coleman and Umang Naik, and partially funded through proceeds from the Elks’ Annual Winter Calendar Raffle fundraiser, the effort included participation by members of local non-profits Be Kind and the East Windsor Area Girl Scouts…
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Rotary, Elks members help Be Kind group ‘End Hunger’
Community volunteers gathered in small groups at the Hightstown Elks Lodge in East Windsor on March 20 to help package 17,928 meals to fight local food insecurity. The 83 cases of food packed during the End Hunger event are being distributed to area families in need through RISE Food Pantry in Hightstown, Shine and Inspire…
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Food pantry ‘RISEs’ to the occasion, meeting growing demand due to coronavirus crisis
True to its name, RISE, the community service organization, is rising to the occasion as it helps Hightstown and East Windsor residents cope with COVID-19. In the days after Gov. Phil Murphy shut down New Jersey last month to prevent the spread of COVID-19, jobs evaporated as people were ordered to stay home, businesses closed…