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Outreach Effort For South Brunswick Families Affected By Fire
The South Brunswick Community Resource Team is gathering donations to help families whose homes were damaged in a recent fire.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — A fire at Princeton Orchards Apartments last week damaged multiple apartments, leaving eight school children and their families with significant loss.
The South Brunswick Community Resource Team is now helping the families meet their immediate needs. The team is gathering donations for clothing, food, school supplies, and other items. The families are most in need of Gift cards — Walmart, Target, Amazon, Stop & Shop, Shop Rite, drug stores, etc. Donations will be collected through Sep. 20.
Donations should be dropped off at the front desk at these locations:
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- South Brunswick High School, 750 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction
- South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction
- South Brunswick Social Services, 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction
- South Brunswick Recreation Center, 124 New Road, Monmouth Junction.
For questions, contact Jeanne Wert, South Brunswick Director Of Social Services at jwert@sbtnj.net. or Amy Finkelstein, Supervisor of Student Assistance and Wellness at South Brunswick School District at Amy.Finkelstein@sbschools.org.
A three-alarm fire on the evening of Friday, Aug. 6 damaged several apartments at Princeton Orchards Apartments.
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Read More Here: 3-Alarm Friday Fire Damages Several Apartments In South Brunswick
Firefighters encountered heavy fire conditions in Apartment E on the second floor in the center of the building, the fire department said. Due to the volume of fire and the need to search the other units in the building for victims and fire spread, the fire was upgraded to a third alarm.
A total of 12 fire trucks and over 60 firefighters were involved in fighting the blaze.
The fire is under investigation by the South Brunswick Township Fire Safety Bureau.
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