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Love Center starts Feed a Friend Campaign

JERSEY SHORE — The New Love Center has started its annual Feed a Friend Campaign.

Donations may be placed in the Feed a Friend barrels located at Lingle’s Market, Jersey Shore Hospital, Buttorf’s Hardware, Braucht’s Beauty Salon on Allegheny Street, Dollar General on Allegheny Street and Dollar General in Avis.

The New Love Center Food Pantry is in need of stove top stuffing mix (any brand), 15-ounce cans of pumpkin, and turkey gravy, for its upcoming holiday boxes. The pantry is always in need of 15-ounce jars of peanut butter.

All food received stays in the Jersey Shore/Avis area.

Feed a Friend barrels will remain out until Thanksgiving. The campaign is being run in cooperation with WNEP-TV 16.

In the month of September the New Love Center Food Pantry distributed food to 358 families which served 876 people in our coverage area of Linden, Jersey Shore, Nippenose Valley, Waterville, Cammal, Slate Run, Avis, Woolrich, and McElhattan. A total of 503 pounds of food was donated.

The distribution dates in November are Nov. 11 and 25.

The New Love Center Food Pantry now has a new phone number, 570-772-3275.

Emergency food is available Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. However, the pantry has more to offer those who come on the second or fourth Fridays of each month when often there is produce and bread products as well.

The pantry also distributes the senior boxes from the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. Seniors are eligible for both a regular food box and a senior box, but they must sign up for each.

The New Love Center is operated by an independent board and not affiliated with any church, even though it is currently operating out of two church buildings. The NLC is incorporated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The food pantry is operated totally by volunteers. We are always in need of volunteers. Call the above number to volunteer or to have a speaker come to your organization to talk about the operations of the New Love Center.

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