Holy Redeemer’s Jersey Shore Food Pantry Seeks Food Donations & Volunteers

SWAINTON– – Summer is here and kids are home from school. Some of them are out having fun, some of them are hungry. Hunger can be hard to see in South Jersey….but it is there!
Holy Redeemer’s Jersey Shore Food Pantry has been serving the local community since 1989 when the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer organized the pantry as an extension of Holy Redeemer’s home care services. On a monthly basis, the non-profit food distribution center provides non-perishable food items to more than 700 sick, elderly and impoverished individuals in the Cape May County area.
Since December 2008, the food pantry saw a 52 percent increase in the demand for support from its client base, and the food pantry needs food donations now more than ever. Our children who receive school breakfasts and lunches are not eating well this summer. You can help. Please join Holy Redeemer’s Jersey Shore Food Pantry, as we gather food items. The pantry, run by dedicated volunteers who staff the pantry three mornings each week, is also in need of youth volunteer support. The Goals: To bring an impressive amount of food to feed families in our area who are in need and to recruit volunteers to assist with distribution at the pantry.
Donation Location: Food donations can be dropped off at the Jersey Shore Food Pantry located at 1801 Route #9 South in Swainton, New Jersey. The pantry’s hours are Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon. For information on volunteerism please call 609-465-2082.
Food Needed: Non-perishable food products such as canned beans, canned beef stew, canned soup, coffee, cookies, crackers, canned fruit, canned fruit juice, instant milk, instant potatoes, Jell-O mix, pudding mix, jelly, laundry detergent, macaroni and cheese, paper towels, pasta, peanut butter, canned potatoes, canned ravioli, rice, spaghetti sauce, tea bags, canned tomato sauce, canned tuna, canned vegetables, cereal and oatmeal.
Holy Redeemer Home Care, the largest nonprofit provider of home health and hospice services in the state of New Jersey, offers a continuum of services throughout 11 New Jersey counties, including Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, and Union.
A part of the Cape May community since 1982, Holy Redeemer Home Care and Hospice provides home health care for homebound individuals, palliative care, and hospice care for those with life-limiting illness. In addition, the program manages Cape May County Healthy Families and the Holy Redeemer Food Pantry.
For more information, visit www.holyredeemer.com or call 1-800-818-4747.