Thursday, October 30, 2008

2008 HomeFront Thanksgiving Food Drive
in conjunction with the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce


Give Thanks and Give Back

HomeFront has been working since the early 1990s to end homelessness in Central New Jersey. In 2007, HomeFront gave shelter to 450 people a night, more than 70,000 meals to homeless families, education help to more than 500 homeless children and had a 100% success rate in finding individuals decent work.
http://www.homefrontnj.org

From now until November 18,2008, we are collecting food items in order to give a Thanksgiving Dinner to thousands of parents and children.

Choose from any of the following items:
• Shop Rite or Acme gift card to purchase a turkey
• Canned vegetables, fruit and cranberry sauce
• Dry boxed mashed potatoes, stuffing mix and dessert baking mix
• Fruit Juice (canned, bottled or boxed)
• Dessert Items (cake, pie, pudding or pastries)
• Anything else you would like to include to make their Thanksgiving meal special!


**DO NOT INCLUDE PERISHABLE ITEMS**
Additional appreciated items:
Tuna, beef stew, canned or evaporated milk, dry soup mix, hot and cold cereal, pasta, tomato sauce, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly.


Bring donations to either of the 2 drop-off locations:

Home of Hilary Morris
139 S Barrow Pl
Princeton, NJ 08540
Between 2-8pm


MRCC Office
1A Quakerbridge Plaza Dr
Mercerville, NJ 08619
Between 9:00 am-4:30 pm
Go to the Chamber site for directions or call 609-689-9960


Include NAME, CLASS/PARENT YEAR AND EMAIL ADDRESS with food
All donations must be received by November 18, 2008.


**We also need volunteers to help decorate boxes, pack the food and make deliveries to HomeFront.

If you are interested in helping in any way or if you have additional questions, please contact Hilary Morris, ’01, at hmorris0506@gmail.com or 609-419-0156

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