Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders Launches Adopt-A-Family Program To Help In-Need Residents

Press release from the Somerset County Government:

November 5, 2020

SOMERVILLE, NJ – Recently, the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders launched the 11th annual Adopt-A-Family program – an initiative that helps food banks collect donations to purchase Thanksgiving meals for county families who are in-need. Somerset County Freeholder Director Shanel Y. Robinson encourages residents to donate if they are able.

“Many families have been struggling during the pandemic and food bank supplies are dwindling,” said Freeholder Director Robinson. “We are urging residents to donate $40 or any amount to the organization of their choice so that in-need families can have a Thanksgiving dinner.”

Donors can send a check made payable to any of the following local programs:

• Feeding Hands Inc., C/O Emmanuel Church, 100 Grant Ave., Somerville, NJ 08876 or
  C/O Manville Reformed Church, 238 S. Fifth Ave., Manville, NJ 08835
  

• Food Bank Network of Somerset County, P.O. Box 149, Bound Brook, NJ 08805
  

• Franklin Food Bank, P.O. Box 333, Somerset, NJ 08875-0333
  

• Hillsborough Food Pantry, Attn: Social Services Department, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
  

• Reformed Church of Bound Brook, P.O. Box 347, South Bound Brook, NJ 08880
  

• SHIP – Samaritan Homeless Interim Program, 87 East High St., Somerville, NJ 08876

Donations must be postmarked by Saturday, Nov. 21 to reach the organizations in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Write Adopt-A-Family and the name of the town where donors would like their monetary donations sent on your check’s memo line. Click here to complete and print a donation form.

The Food Bank Network, SHIP and Feeding Hands Inc. serve residents throughout Somerset County; the Franklin and Hillsborough programs primarily serve residents within those towns, and the Reformed Church serves both Bound Brook and South Bound Brook.

For more information, call the Food Bank Network at 732-560-1813 or click here; the Franklin Food Bank at 732-246-0009 or click here; Feeding Hands Inc. at 908-397-6452 or click here; the Hillsborough Social Services Department at 908-369-3880; the Reformed Church of Bound Brook at 732-356-9345 or click here; and SHIP at 908-393-9545 or click here.

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This press release was produced by the Somerset County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.