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Mayor John E. McCormac & the Woodbridge Municipal Council Remind Voters To “Cast a Can” When Voting on Primary Election Day, Tues., June 5

May 30, 2007

MEDIA & EVENT ADVISORY

 

Colonia High School Students Continue Innovative Food Drive Effort Geared To Keep Food Pantries Stocked During Spring and Summer

 

Woodbridge Mayor John E. McCormac and members of the Municipal Council are reminding Township voters to “Cast a Can” as they go to the polls to vote in next Tuesday’s (June 5) Primary Election.

 

Mayor McCormac noted that the Woodbridge Township “Election Day Food Drive” encourages voters to bring canned goods or non-perishable foods to their polling locations for drop-off when they go to vote. The food drive program will be in place for the upcoming Primary Election on Tues., June 5, as well as all Township elections – the general election in November and the various school board and fire district elections.

 

Mayor McCormac credited Colonia High School teacher Joyce Brown with proposing the “Election Day Food Drive” concept and working with the Township’s “We Feed” Committee and the Board of Elections to make the program a reality.

Colonia High School students coordinated the placement of food drop-off containers at more than 60 polling locations throughout the Township and will pick-up the containers after the polls close at 9:00 p.m. on Tues., June 5. The students will take the food to the Township Health Center where it will be sorted and distributed to food pantries. The “Cast a Can” food drive collected more than 4,000 pounds of food following the April 17 school board elections.

 

The ongoing effort to keep Woodbridge Township food banks stocked throughout the year continues with food donations being part of various Township-sponsored events such as the Mayor’s Summer Concert Series, the Barron Arts Center Holiday Concert, and other public events.

 

Additionally, non-perishable foods can be dropped off any weekday at the Woodbridge Township Public Health Center, 2 George Frederick Plaza, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Woodbridge Town Hall, 1 Main Street, the Woodbridge Library, 1 George Frederick Plaza, or at the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main Street..

 

Additional information about the Election Day Food Drive or the “We Feed” Committee is available by contacting the Woodbridge Township Department of Health at 732-855-0600 x5034.

 

John R. Hagerty
Mayor’s Office of Communications
732-602-6039

 

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