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RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK SCHOOL SUPPLIES PICNIC
August 19, 2023, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
Lunch Break holds its annual Back to School Drive and Community Picnic, featuring food, softball, health information, a backpack giveaway and more.
The event benefits hundreds of financially insecure schoolchildren and their families who rely on the social service resource center for life’s basic necessities — including school supplies. Upwards of 800 backpacks containing school supplies are distributed to families without the financial means to adequately prepare their children for the upcoming school term.
The event features picnic fare and some healthy options in accordance with Lunch Break’s Nutrition Initiative “Healthy Together,” games for all ages, and the annual softball championship. The picnic is open to community members free of charge.
Those who would like to donate backpacks and school supplies, including pens and pencils, looseleaf binders and paper, erasers, pencil cases, highlighters, among other traditional items, may do so from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Lunch Break Warehouse, 968 Shrewsbury Ave., Unit 5, Shrewsbury. For more information, please e-mail [email protected].