This Week’s Essex County Food Distribution to be at St. James AME in Newark – TAPinto.net
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – This week’s Essex County Emergency Food Distribution Event will be Thursday, August 13, at St. James AME 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 are suffering with food insecurity.
It will be held as follows:
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2020
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: St. James AME Church
588 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Newark, NJ
It will be held RAIN or SHINE.
The food distribution will occur in front of the church on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Residents who are driving should line up on Court Street before making a right turn onto Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
Emergency food boxes also will be distributed to residents who walk up to the site. The walk-up site will be in front of the church. Residents who are walking should line up on the sidewalk in front of the church and then down Court Street.
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 being created.
The emergency food boxes contain 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.
The emergency food boxes will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. When residents arrive at the site, they are being asked to keep their windows rolled up and to open their trunk. Only one emergency food box will be placed into a vehicle’s trunk or given to each resident who walks to the site.
Buses will not be allowed to enter.
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