MARGATE – Nearly 50 years after Woodstock and following the Saturday, June 29 jam on the beach in Margate, called Beachstock, city employees will be participating in Foodstock the week of July 7-12.
Foodstock is a grassroots effort to help those struggling with food insecurity due to economic conditions.
The effort started in 2010 in Freehold when a senior at St. John Vianney High School needed a senior project. Maura Swisher and her family had a long history of supporting a local food pantry, so she organized a neighborhood food drive and collected 2,000 pounds of food to stock empty shelves.
Since then, the organization adopted a variation on a theme – Peace, Love and Food – and has collected hundreds of thousands of pounds of food and raised tens of thousands of dollars for area food pantries.
Residents are encouraged to support Margate City employees’ efforts to collect food to be delivered to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey Southern Branch on July 12.
Drop off a bag filled with non-perishable foods to the Margate City Municipal Building, 9001 Winchester Ave. Needed items include peanut butter, jellies and jams, rice, beans, oatmeal, pasta, canned vegetables and fruits, stews, chili, granola bars, dried fruits, oils, pancake mix, syrup and shelf-stable milk.
For more information, contact Lisa McLaughlin at 609-822-4088.
