Lunch Break Hosts 3rd Annual Foodstock Food Drive

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RED BANK – Lunch Break is holding its third annual Foodstock, a community food drive, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Red Bank Middle School, 101 Harding Road.
The goal this year is to collect an ambitious 50,000 pounds of non-perishable food. Donations, no matter the size, will help Lunch Break fight hunger during the lean summer months ahead.
Donations can be delivered to Lunch Break from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. until noon Saturdays, prior to and after the May 17 event.
Those who are donating more than 300 pounds of food or an amount too much to physically handle, may call Lunch Break in advance at 732-747-8577, ext. 3106, and volunteers will be available to help unload a vehicle.
The May 17 Foodstock event will include music by the Red Bank Middle School Band, Rockit, and Ardvark Smile, room to dance, food and beverages. The Community YMCA of Red Bank will have adult and kid’s activities for all. Volunteers will be on hand to weigh the donated food.
Guests, volunteers and all friends of Lunch Break are invited to spend the afternoon enjoying good music, good food, good friends and their families.
Items particularly needed for the pantry are: applesauce, apple and orange juice, beans (kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans), broth, canned beef stew, canned gravy, canned low- or no-sugar added fruits, canned low-sodium soups; canned low- or no-sodium vegetables, canned tuna fish, coffee and tea, low-sugar cereals; macaroni and cheese; mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, vegetable cooking oil, regular and whole wheat pasta and egg noodles, pancake mix, syrup, peanut butter and jelly, white and brown, salt, pepper, garlic powder, lemon pepper, basil, oregano, shelf stable milk, small pouches of juices, and small cans of fruit and vegetables, sugar, flour and Jello.
Additional information is available by visiting the website at www.lunchbreak.org or calling Lunch Break at 732-747-8577, ext. 3106.