Tag: Lunch Break

RED BANK – It might not be too late to give away that stash of Halloween candy the kids collected – or the leftover bags that weren’t handed out – before you end up eating it all.

A program that helps juniors and seniors at Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) transition successfully to college and careers is in need of volunteer mentors.

Are you an avid gardener left with a surplus of crops each season? Your vegetable garden can now become a source of charitable goodness through Lunch Break’s Project Citizen Gardener program.

After a $12 million overhaul, Lunch Break is ready to meet an unprecedented need for food, clothing and services in the community. The transformation, which spanned 18 months, saw the nonprofit’s footprint double.

Each year, Saint James Elementary School students participate in the time-honored tradition of helping others at Thanksgiving. The students and families collect food items and monetary donations to provide a full Thanksgiving dinner to those in need living in the Red Bank community.

More than 100 years into a partnership with the local business community, the Rotary Club of Red Bank is taking on a new role as a catalyst for social change.

Park Loft, the new event space created from Fort Monmouth’s former 1940s Dance Hall, has been chosen as the venue for this year’s annual Lunch Break Gala, scheduled for Oct. 14. The theme this year is “Renew the Promise of Hope.”

Earlier this month, on a birdsong-filled spring evening, a diverse and buoyant crowed gathered at Detour Gallery on Clay Street in downtown Red Bank.

Lunch Break, the Red Bank-based nonprofit, has offered a hot meal, a warm smile and maybe a fresh set of clothing to those in need for years. But what many may not realize is its Life Skills Program also offers business and life advice, guidance and emotional support.

RED BANK – Two local nonprofits with complementary missions are partnering to address “the systemic problem” of homelessness in