South Orange - Maplewood Food Fight!

Fact: Children need adequate nutrition for their physical and mental health, as well as their emotional development, learning ability, and participation in community.

Fact: Local food pantries have severe shortages€¦and subsequently must turn people away. They need our help!

We decided that the best way to fight hunger locally was to have a Food Fight. Not your old fashioned food fight, but one with a modern, technology twist to it. So we€™re rallying the troops in Maplewood and South Orange and we€™re launching an online food drive to benefit MEND, the organization that stocks our two local food pantries, as well as 16 other food pantries in Essex County. This Food Fight is eco-friendly and a time saver. All of the food purchased online will be delivered directly to MEND at the end of the drive. It saves all those trips to the store and saves everyone a little bit of gas.

Best of all - you can follow along to see how it's going. The results below are in real time.

So get in the Fight!