Curbing Hunger Kickoff Event - 6/1/10
Federal, state and county officials joined Curbing Hunger
Inc. board members in announcing the 16th Annual Curbing Hunger food drive to
be conducted throughout Somerset County June 7 through July 2. Residents are
asked to place canned food donations at the curb on their regular recycling
days during those four weeks, using either the special orange plastic bags
tied to their blue recycling buckets, or any plastic grocery bag. The need at
local food banks and food pantries is especially great due to the continuing
economic recession and ongoing flood recovery.
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Somerset County Freeholder Director Jack M. Ciattarelli |
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U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance, Congressional District 7 |
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Pamela Yuen, representing U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Congressional District 6 |
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New Jersey State Senator Christopher "Kip" Bateman, District 16 |
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New Jersey Assemblywoman Denise Coyle, District 16 |
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Ann Isom, Senior Director, U.S. Philanthropy, sanofi-aventis U.S. |
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Marie Scannell, Executive Director, Food Bank Network of Somerset County |
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Denis McGrath, President, Curbing Hunger Inc. Board of Directors, and Marie Scannell, Food Bank Network Executive Director, with George "Buddy" Hope of the Somerset County Recycling Division, who oversees the curbside food-collection crews |
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Freeholder Ciattarelli, center, presents his family's curbside food donation to Marie Scannell as Denis McGrath looks on. |
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Officials join board members for a group photo under the 2010 Curbing Hunger banner. |