28 Tons Donated in ACUA Holiday Food Drive
According to the Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA), residents throughout the county donated 28.26 tons of food during the organization’s food collection drive during the first two weeks of December. The 56,520 pounds of food that the ACUA’s collection crews collected during that period, a near-record amount, according to the ACUA, will be given to the Community FoodBank of NJ’s Southern Branch, located in Egg Harbor Township.
This is the 18th year of the ACUA’s holiday canned-goods food drive. The canned goods are distributed through the FoodBank’s Southern Branch, which provides food to more than 400 local charities in Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and southern Burlington counties.
The ACUA reminds us that local residents “are encouraged to keep the FoodBank and those it serves in mind after the holidays, and to bring donations to the Community Food Bank, located at 6735 Black Horse Pike, Egg Harbor Township. Items most needed are non-perishable foods, such as canned meats, canned soups, canned vegetables, canned stew and canned fruit. Please do not include perishable or frozen items, or food in glass jars.”
You can contact the Community Food Bank of NJ, Southern Branch, at 383-8843 or the ACUA at 272-6950.
