JACKSON — Township officials are calling on residents to lend a hand to neighbors in need through a community food drive scheduled for November 16 at Jackson Town Hall.
Council President Mordechai Burnstein announced that he and newly elected Councilman Christopher Pollak will co-host the event alongside Mayor Jennifer L. Kuhn and other members of the Township Council.
The effort follows a recent visit from Fulfill, the regional food bank serving Monmouth and Ocean counties, and aims to assist the roughly 3,800 Jackson families who rely on federal SNAP benefits. Many of those benefits were briefly disrupted earlier this month during the federal government shutdown.
“Jackson needs our entire town to come together to help each other right now,” Burnstein said. “Even though the federal government has reinstated payments, people are still hurting and need to catch up and feed their families. I am happy to work with Councilman-elect Pollak on this.”
Pollak said that while the recent election season brought political debate, local leaders remain united when it comes to helping residents. “We just came out of a tough campaign, and we still have differences,” he said. “But while politics in Washington is hurting people, here in Jackson we’re willing to put those differences aside when our residents need us.”
The food drive will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 95 Don Connor Boulevard. Residents are encouraged to donate canned goods and other non-perishable food items.
