East Windsor Township’s annual food drive, which seeks to fill the pantry shelves at Rise Community Services and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, will be wrapping up on Jan. 31.
The annual food drive, which is sponsored by East Windsor Township, kicked off on Jan. 1 and continued throughout the entire month.
There is still time for area residents and businesses to drop off non-perishable food items at several locations in East Windsor Township, Mayor Janice S. Mironov said.
Some examples of non-perishable food items include pasta, pasta sauce, tomato sauce, cereal and canned fruits, vegetables and soup.
Shelf-stable milk, dried soup mix, peanut butter, oatmeal and boxed raisins or apricots are also non-perishable and may be donated for the food drive.
Food donations decline after the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, but that should not signal the need to stop donating food to area food pantries to help feed area residents, Mironov said.
“We want to remind everyone that the need for assistance to people in our area continues, and we are calling on our community’s proven spirit of generosity,” Mironov said.
Donations of non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the East Windsor Township Municipal Building at 16 Lanning Blvd. on weekdays, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Additional drop-off sites include the East Windsor Township police/court building at 80 One Mile Road, where items can be left any time of the day or night, and the East Windsor Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2 firehouse at 69 Twin Rivers Dr.
All food donations are earmarked for the food pantry at Rise and the Green House food pantry at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church to be distributed to local families and individuals.
