26,500 Pounds of Food Collected in Woodbridge Food Drive

WOODBRIDGE, NJ - The annual Woodbridge Township Have-A-Heart food drive collected more than 26,500 pounds of non-perishable food this year, and netted over $32,200 in cash donations, Mayor John E. McCormac said Thursday.

More than 100 Township corporations, businesses, retail outlets, school students, charitable organizations and residents contributed to the 2017 Have-A-Heart food drive. That food and money will go to local food banks in Woodbridge Township. More than 300 pounds of food was collected and sorted for donation by third grade students at the Robert Mascenik School #26 in Iselin, pictured.

Significant contributors include:

· Colonia Business Community (CBC) $6,000.00 and 700 lbs.

· Liberty Property Trust $5,214.00

· Sansone Foundation $5,000.00

· Wegmans of Woodbridge $500.00 and 1,200 lbs.

· Woodbridge ShopRite 2,200 lbs.

· Goya Foods Corporation 1,976 lbs.

· Northfield Bank $2,140.00

· Middlesex Water Company $435.00 and 400 lbs.

· Bishop George Ahr High School 2,300 lbs.

· St. John Vianney School – Student Council 1,200 lbs.

· Woodbridge Community Center 800 lbs.

· St. Anthony of Padua Church 700 lbs.

The food items will be distributed to needy Woodbridge Township families and individuals through the following food pantries:

· Heavens Helper’s Pantry, 343 Pearl Street, Woodbridge

· First Presbyterian Church, 20 Middlesex Avenue, Iselin

· Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Lane, Woodbridge

· Metro Park Assembly of God, 48 Berkeley Blvd., Iselin

· First Presbyterian Church, 600 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge

· St. James Roman Catholic Church, 174 Grove Street, Woodbridge

· First Presbyterian Church of Avenel, 621 E. Woodbridge Avenue

· First Congregational Church-Women of Faith, Barron Avenue, Woodbridge

· St. Cecelia Roman Catholic Church, 45 Wilus Way, Iselin

· Elijah’s Bread Food Pantry, Ridgedale and E. Prospect Avenues, Woodbridge

· First Baptist Church of Woodbridge, 130 Sewaren Avenue, Sewaren