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Breakfast Cereal Drive For Food Pantry Underway At Manchester Schools

Students in the Manchester Schools' Impact and Interact Clubs aim to collect 1,700 boxes of cereal for the food pantry at The Barn.

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Dozens of cereal boxes are collected yearly in the cereal drive in Manchester; the students are hoping for 1,700 for 2023.
Dozens of cereal boxes are collected yearly in the cereal drive in Manchester; the students are hoping for 1,700 for 2023. (Joseph Gawlik/Manchester Township Schools)

MANCHESTER, NJ — It's been an annual tradition of the Manchester Schools and the Lakehurst/Manchester Rotary Club: collecting boxes of cereal for a food pantry.

That cereal drive is underway now in the Manchester Schools, with a big goal of collecting 1,700 boxes for the Joel E. Perlmutter Memorial Food Pantry at The Barn.

The food pantry just recently began operations, serving the needy in Manchester and Lakehurst.

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The cereal drive includes students from the Junior Impact Club at Manchester Township Middle School and the Interact and Impact clubs at Manchester Township High School, in coordination with the Lakehurst/Manchester Rotary Club.

Boxes of cereal are being collected at any Manchester Township school through March 15.

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