M.C.F.O.O.D.S. Seeks Donations to Help Hurricane Victims

Emergency food providers are seeing an increase in need for supplies due to the effects of Hurricane Irene.

So many people in Middlesex County have been displaced from their homes and are in shelters; others have lost food and other items due to flooding or having no electricity.  Supplies at local food pantries and soup kitchens are already low as they usually are during the summer months. The additional demand for necessities is putting a real strain on local agencies trying to provide assistance.  

If you can; please consider donating nonperishable foods including: rice, cereal, pasta, soup, macaroni and cheese, tuna fish, canned fruits and vegetables, personal products, diapers and wipes.  You may drop your donation at any of the local libraries in , Edison, Milltown, Monroe, Metuchen, North Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Piscataway, Plainsboro, South Amboy, South Brunswick, South Plainfield, Spotswood or Woodbridge.

If you have a business, school, place of worship, club or group who would like to sponsor a food drive please contact Jennifer Apostol, MCIA Project Manager, McFoods Coordinator, at 609-409-5033. Containers to store donations can be provided and can be picked up following the food drive.

Monetary donations are also accepted in the form of a check made payable to M.C.F.O.O.D.S. and can be mailed to Jennifer Apostol, MCIA Project Manager, MCFOODS Coordinator, 101 Interchange Plaza, Suite 202, Cranbury, N.J. 08512.