Next Essex County Food Distribution to be at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Newark – TAPinto.net

Thursday, September 17 at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Newark

NEWARK, NJ — Greater Friendship Baptist Church in Newark and Zion Hill Baptist Church in Newark will host the next Essex County Emergency Food Distribution Event on Thursday, September 17 at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Newark to help families negatively impacted by coronavirus. The 1,000 boxes of food that will be distributed are meant to benefit families who have been lost work and are facing food insecurity. Residents will receive one box of non-perishable food items.

It will be held as follows:

Date:               Thursday, September 17, 2020

Time:              9 a.m.

Place:             Zion Hill Baptist Church, 152 Osborne Terrace, Newark, NJ

The drive up distribution will be held in the church parking lot on Hawthorne Avenue.

The walk up distribution will be held in front of the church on Osborne Terrace.

It will be held RAIN or SHINE.

Residents driving to the site should enter the church parking lot on Hawthorne Avenue. Left turns from Hawthorne Avenue into the parking lot will not be allowed. Residents waiting to enter the lot should line up along Hawthorne Avenue before turning right into the parking lot. Residents driving to the site should stay in their vehicles with their windows rolled up and open their trunk when they reach the distribution site.

Residents walking to the site should come to a walk-up location on the sidewalk in front of the church on Osborne Terrace. Residents walking to the site must wear a face mask/covering and follow social distancing guidelines. It is recommended that residents walking to the site bring a cart; the boxes weigh about 40 pounds.

Residents who are driving or walking are asked not arrive to the site until 8 a.m. This is being done to allow for normal traffic flow through the area and prevent any traffic back-ups from occurring. 

The box of non-perishable items contains enough food to provide about 40 meals. They consist of a variety of non-perishable food such as oatmeal, rice, fruit, peanut butter, jelly, shelf stable milk and canned vegetables, chili, soup and ravioli. Items may vary based upon their availability. Volunteers will place one emergency food box into each vehicle or to each walk up.

Buses will not be allowed to enter.