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Public Asked To Donate Bottled Water, Granola Bars For Eatontown First Responders

Michael Johnson, a deputy coordinator at the Eatontown Fire Department, picks up donations at IMA Urgent Care Shrewsbury last spring.

Michael Johnson, a deputy coordinator at the Eatontown Fire Department, picks up donations at IMA Urgent Care Shrewsbury last spring.
Michael Johnson, a deputy coordinator at the Eatontown Fire Department, picks up donations at IMA Urgent Care Shrewsbury last spring. (IMA)

EATONTOWN, NJ — IMA Urgent Care & Primary Care is again asking the community to donate bottled water, which will be given to local fire companies and first aid squads this spring and summer.

Eight years ago, IMA recognized that local fire departments and first aid squads rely on donated money to purchase water to keep on trucks, so first responders can stay hydrated during an emergency.

To help, IMA started their bottled water drive. IMA is asking the public to donate bottled water and granola bars. First responders often miss a meal and need nourishment when reporting to an emergency. Granola bars are a fast way to help them stay nourished. To date, IMA’s patients have donated over 9,000 cases of water to benefit local first responders.

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Bottled water and granola bars can be dropped off to any of IMA’s two urgent care centers and eight seven primary care offices during office hours:

  • Family Practice of Middletown – 18 Leonardville Road, Middletown
  • Red Bank Family Medicine – 231 Maple Avenue, Red Bank
  • Red Bank Family Medicine – 35 Gilbert Street South, Tinton Falls
  • Red Bank Medical – 175 Patterson Avenue, Shrewsbury
  • River Road Primary Care – 569 River Road, Fair Haven
  • IMA Primary Care at Shrewsbury, 1026 Broad Street, Shrewsbury
  • Hazlet Family Care – 3253 Route 35, Hazlet
  • IMA Pediatrics – 231 Maple Avenue, Red Bank
  • IMA Urgent Care – 1026 Broad Street, Shrewsbury
  • IMA Urgent Care – 363 Route 36, Middletown

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