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Ecumenical Council Thanks Ocean City For Food Drive Success

The community collected 6,620 pounds of non-perishable food items.

OCEAN CITY, NJ — The Ocean City Ecumenical Council issued the following letter Monday morning, expressing its gratitude to everyone who made the Post Office Food Drive so successful.
Thank you to:

  • The people who advertised the Food Drive.
  • Mark Kelly for getting permission from the 8th Street Acme to borrow some of their shopping carts, picking up and returning them.
  • The Ocean City Post Office for the organization and pick-up of the donations from Ocean City residents.
  • The generous donations from Ocean City residents (6,620 pounds of non-perishable food items were received.)
  • Volunteers and Youth who gave so generously of their time to assist with off-loading trucks, weighing, sorting and shelving all the donations.

I am very grateful for all the assistance we received.

Many, many thanks,

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Dorothy Cianci, Coordinator of the Ocean City Ecumencial Council Community Food Cupboard

See related: Postal Service Collecting Food For Needy In Ocean City Saturday

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