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NJ First Lady Volunteers With Ridgewood Nonprofit
First Lady Tammy Murphy will volunteer with Family Promise by participating in the group's Bergen County Walk-In Dinner program.
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — New Jersey's First Lady will volunteer with Ridgewood nonprofit Family Promise of Bergen County for their Bergen County Walk-In Dinner program on Thursday.
The group announced Tammy Murphy's participation in a July 7 news release.
Bergen County Walk-In Dinner was started in 1991, and has served over 1.1 million meals since its inception, according to the group.
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Usually, the meals are served in large dining rooms, but since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the group of volunteers have been delivering meals to residents who have been moved to area hotels.
Prior to the pandemic, the Walk-In Dinner was serving about 100 people per night, according to the group. Since, they've been serving about 150.
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"Life has changed because of the pandemic, and so we changed our model to the meet the needs of those who need these meals," said Executive Director Kate Duggan.
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