Monmouth County Announces April Food Drive to Benefit FoodBank
Residents who bring food donations to a county library location will receive $2 off late fines for each item.
Monmouth residents can help feed their neighbors in need by bringing nonperishable goods to their local library in April. County officials gathered amid the bare shelves of the sorting room in the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Neptune, Tuesday to announce the launch of the Food Drive of Monmouth County. The 13 branches of the Monmouth County Library System will serve as collection points for food donations to benefit the Foodbank. Residents who drop off food to a library location from Monday, April 2 to Monday, April 30 will have $2 deducted from outstanding late fees for each item donated. “County government is the perfect avenue to advance the message of feeding our residents and our residents do need food,” Freeholder …
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Shannon K. Winning
8:52 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
I'll be first in line. I could pay for a new library wing with my late fees. more ›