Help Fight Hunger; Bring Food to Summerfest

Everyone thinks about hunger during the holidays, but few people realize that the most difficult time for struggling families is during the summer months when children who normally receive subsidized lunches are home from school.

That’s why Move For Hunger is teaming up with The Passion Group to collect non-perishable food items at area festivals this summer.

The Passion Group was contracted by the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce to plan and run Summerfest from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sat. at , Bridge Avenue and Beaver Dam Road.

Beginning with Point Pleasant SummerFest, this Saturday, Move For Hunger will be posted at area festivals, collecting food from participants and spreading awareness to the hunger problem in New Jersey and beyond.

“Hunger is not on most people’s minds while they are relaxing on the beach,” says Adam Lowy, executive director of Move For Hunger. “But the truth is that the summer holidays can be an extremely trying time for struggling families. Kids who normally receive free or subsidized lunches are home from school, which puts extra pressure on the supplies of local area food banks.”

Move For Hunger, a nationwide non-profit organization based at the Jersey Shore, works within the relocation industry to fight hunger across the country and support the effort of our nation’s food banks.

Move For Hunger is a non-profit organization that works with moving companies across the country to pick up unwanted, unopened food from those who are relocating and deliver it to local food banks across the country.

Move For Hunger is working with over 320 movers in 42 states and has collected more than 460,000 pounds of food. With the support of its partners, Move For Hunger is turning the average food drive into one of the nation’s largest, year-round service programs.

For more information, visit the Move for Hunger website.