Woodbridge Wants 214 Pounds of Food from You

Woodbridge, NJ - This is quite the challenge from Woodbridge’s mayor:

Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac is asking all township businesses, corporate offices, restaurants and other food service providers, as well as residents, to either donate 214 pounds of food to local food pantries or $214 this winter.

Non-perishable food only, please. According to 2015 statewide health rankings, 88,290 people in Middlesex County are classified as “food insecure.” And the 12 Woodbridge Township food pantries are extremely low on supplies, Patch was told Thursday.

Everyone who donates will be invited to attend a Council meeting and will be presented with a “Thank You” proclamation from the Mayor.

Wegmans and ShopRite are donating 1,000 pounds of as their initial contribution.

It’s part of Woodbridge’s 2016 “Have-A-Heart” Food Drive, held every year around Valentine’s Day. The drive is coordinated by Peter Barcellona, chairman, of the “We Feed Woodbridge” Food Bank Committee.

If you want to give, call Barcellona at (732) 855-0600, ext. 5034 and tell him where and when to pick up the donation — 214 pounds of food or $214 — and student volunteers will come to your location, according to the Edison Sentinel. You could also deliver the food yourself to the Woodbridge Township Public Health Center (2 George Frederick Plaza) or the Woodbridge Community Center (WCC) anytime between 9 am. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Checks (made payable to “We Feed Woodbridge”) should be dropped off at 2 George Frederick Plaza or mailed directly to the Woodbridge Department of Health & Human Services, c/o We Feed Woodbridge, 2 George Frederick Plaza, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.

You have until Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, to give.