Community Corner
'Bowl for Hunger' Raises $19K for Food Pantries
Food banks in Woodbridge, Carteret, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, and South Amboy each got $627 to help feed the hungry.
People down on their luck might be a little less hungry if they live in the 19th Legislative District.
That's because 'Bowl for Hunger,' a local fundraising crusade to replenish and restock food pantries throughout the local area, raised $19,642 in their third outing, according to Assemblyman Craig Coughlin.
Along with Raritan Bay Medical Center in Edison and Middlesex Water Company, Coughlin announced at a press event Friday that the monies raised in the bowling fundraiser would be divided among the 28 MCFOODS-certified food banks in the district, which is comprised of Woodbridge, Carteret, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, and South Amboy.
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According to Coughlin, 66 corporate sponsors and over 350 bowling participants participated in the bowling event, which took place July 17. Ten sponsors -Applebees, route: {:controller=>"listings", :action=>"show", :id=>"applebees-bar-and-grill"} -->, Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, Berkeley College, DuPont, Gerdau, Hatch Mott MacDonald, New Jersey Dietetic Association, Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters, , and
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