'Food Is Love, Share Some Love' Drive Underway In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ — The Ocean City Board of Realtors is kicking off its 2018 Community Service Projects with the “Food Is Love” drive to collect food, including canned items, juice, microwaveable meals and more. Donations are being collected through Feb. 28, 2018 and will be used to “Share Some Love” during this Valentine month, the Board of Realtors said on Wednesday.

Items that will be collected during the “Food Is Love, Share Some Love” winter food drive includes non-perishable food items, laundry and dish detergent, as well as ShopRite gift cards, which will be donated to the Ecumenical Food Cupboard to provide for local needy families.

Donations can be dropped off at the office of the Ocean City Board of Realtors at 405 22nd Street. Donations can also be made by calling the office at 609-399-0128 for pickup service.

• Microwaveable Items: Hormel meals, rice and cup of soup;
• Canned meats (tuna, corn beef hash, Spam, Dinty Moore stew, etc);
• Canned vegetables, cans of soup, cans of pork and beans;
• Canned ravioli, spaghetti O’s;
• Cereal and individual packets of dry milk;
• Jelly, Peanut Butter;
• Juice;
• Jello/pudding mix;
• Crackers;
• Rice;
• Liquid laundry detergent (48 oz);
• Dish detergent, Paper towels, Toilet Paper;
• Shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste; and
• ShopRite gift cards.

“Post holidays, the cupboard needs to be replenished, we encourage our Realtor family, friends and neighbors to donate items for the Ecumenical Food Cupboard that will ‘Share Some Love’ this winter for families in need,” Ocean City Board of Realtors Community Services Chair Gloria Votta said.

For more information, contact Vicki Heebner at 609-399-0128 or Vicki@ocbor.com.

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