Donate to your local food pantry
What a beautiful time of year. The smell of fall is in the air. The leaves are turning colors, orange pumpkins are lying in the fields, and New Jersey is a sea of red for Rutgers.

Sadly, for many families in Middlesex County, it is not a beautiful time of year. Life is a struggle. Many nights they go to bed hungry and with the knowledge that the next day the struggle will begin again.

Normally these families turn to their local food pantries/soup kitchens for help. However, this year food pantries and soup kitchens are in a crisis - there is a dramatic increase in the number of people needing our services and a dramatic downturn in donations. Our shelves are empty.

Please help your neighbor. When grocery shopping this week, pick up a few extra items and drop them off at your local food pantry.

That hungry person you will be helping might be your nextdoor neighbor.

Jacqueline Goedesky

president Hands of Hope for the

Community

Edison