Woodbridge: Cast A Can When You Vote In June 6 Primary

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — When you go to the polls to vote Tuesday in the primary, and if you live in Woodbridge Township, make sure you bring a can of food with you. The "Cast-A-Can-When-You-Cast-Your-Vote" food drive is unique to Woodbridge and it's a long-standing tradition in the Township unique to election day. While you're at it, here's Patch's excellent guide to Primary Day voting tomorrow.

When Township residents go to vote on Tuesday, June 6, they are asked to take a can … or two … or three … to their polling location for drop-off in the blue ‘Cast-A-Can’ container. The “Cast-A-Can-When-You-Cast-Your-Vote” food drive, coordinated by students from Woodbridge High School, works with the Board of Elections and the Municipal Clerk’s Office to place drop-off containers at the 32 polling locations throughout the Township. The students collect the containers at the close of the polling location and take the donated food to the Township Health Center where it is sorted and distributed to food pantries.

Woodbridge Township food banks receive the foods from the Township Health Center for distribution to Township families through the following food pantries:

· Heavens Helper’s Pantry, 343 Pearl Street, Woodbridge - 732-742-8942;

· First Presbyterian Church, 20 Middlesex Avenue, Iselin - 732-283-1188;

· Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Lane, Woodbridge - 732-634-7422 x4;

· Metro Park Assembly of God, 48 Berkeley Blvd., Iselin - 732-310-8758;

· First Presbyterian Church, 600 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge - 732-634-1024;

· St. James Roman Catholic Church, 174 Grove Street, Woodbridge - 732-636-4310;

· First Presbyterian Church of Avenel, 621 E. Woodbridge Avenue - 732-634-1631;

· First Congregational Church, Barron Avenue, Woodbridge - 732-634-0582;

· St. Cecelia Roman Catholic Church, 45 Wilus Way, Iselin – 732-283-0150;

· Elijah’s Bread Food Pantry, Ridgedale and E. Prospect Avenues, Woodbridge - 732-636-7727;

· First Baptist Church of Sewaren, Sewaren – 732-750-9475

Food donations can be dropped off every weekday at the Woodbridge Township Public Health Center, 2 George Frederick Plaza, Woodbridge Town Hall, 1 Main Street, the Woodbridge Library, 1 George Frederick Plaza, or at the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main Street, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m..

Additional information about Township-sponsored food drives or the “We Feed” Committee is available by contacting the Woodbridge Township Department of Health & Human Services at 732-855-0600 x5034.