Giving Back, Southern Ocean County Chamber August 13 Luncheon honors local food pantries

Raising $80,000: the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce and Southern Ocean Community Foundation presents eight organizations with much needed funding
By: Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce
 
SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. - July 23, 2013 - PRLog -- The volunteers involved with the 2013 Taste Dinner will be presenting symbolic checks representing the $10,000 checks mailed to each of the eight food pantries that the foundation supports. Representatives from the Barnegat Food Pantry, St. Francis Center Food Pantry in Brant Beach, Lacey Food Bank in Forked River, Ken's Kitchen at St. Mary's Parish in Manahawkin, Ocean Community Church Food Ministry in Manahawkin, Tuckerton Food Pantry, King of Kings Food Pantry in Manahawkin and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Food Pantry in Waretown have been invited to the August 13 Southern Ocean County Chamber Membership Luncheon at the Holiday Inn Manahawkin. The event begins with networking at 11 30am with lunch at noon.

The 18th Annual Taste Dinner held at Sea Oaks this past April, was a success as it brought together business and community to raise funds dedicated to hunger relief in Southern Ocean County. The committee would like recognize the many other efforts that contributed to the $80,000 total. We received donations from TD Bank’s affinity program and Atlantic City Electric’s Sandy Relief fund. The Ritz Theatre Company of Oakland NJ held a benefit performance for Sandy Relief and donated the proceeds to our Foundation.  TGI Fridays of Manahawkin donated the funds raised during the chamber’s annual Chocolate Week Bartending Competition, and funds from a Pig Roast Tail Gate held in the fall.  In January, a group of former Surflighters organized by Surflight Theatre veteran Michael Blackmon-Ham donated their services to perform a benefit performance at the June Havoc Theatre in NYC with the proceeds going to the Foundation.

Anyone interested in attending the Tuesday, August 13 meeting at the Holiday Inn 151 Rt 72 Manahawkin; may RSVP by August 9 by contacting the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce at 609 494 7211 or registering on line at www.visitLBIregion.com/meetings, or emailing cindy@sochamber.com. The cost of the lunch is $20, per person and includes networking, program and buffet lunch.
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