Hickory Tree Chorus in Home News Tribune (11/28/07)

WOODBRIDGE - Mayor John E. McCormac, members of the Township Committee and the "We Feed Woodbridge" Committee, along with Paul Sansone of Sansone's Route 1 Auto Mall, opened the annual holiday food drive Monday.

Food can be dropped off at the annual Barron Arts Center Holiday Concert on Dec. 14 and at numerous municipal collection sites.

"The 2007 holiday food drive is an important part of this year's 'season of giving' and will benefit hundreds of families throughout the township put food on the table," said McCormac. "This year, we are hoping to collect more than 10,000 pounds of nonperishable food over the next 30 days -food that will be distributed by our local food pantries as they work to ensure that less fortunate township residents receive much needed food supplies to help get them through the holidays."

The various township-sponsored food drives held throughout the year --Cast A Can When You Cast Your Vote, the Summer Concert Series, the Valentine's Day "Have a Heart" campaign and the annual holiday "Season of Giving" drive -have netted more than 74,000 pounds of food so far this year.

"This year, we have a significant start toward our goal with the extraordinarily generous donatio of more than 75 cases of food courtesy of Paul Sansone and the staff of Sansone's Route 1 Auto Mall," McCormac said. "We are encouraging other Woodbridge businesses and companies to join the "Season of Giving" with donations to the We Feed Woodbridge Committee."

The annual Barron Arts Center Holiday Concert (free admission) has become the principal event for the food drive. This year, the concert -scheduled for Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. at St. Cecelia's Church, 45 Wilus Way, Iselin -will be presented by the Hickory Tree Chorus.

Additionally, food can ebe dropped off at any weekday at the Woodbridge Township Public Health Center, 2 George Frederick Plaza; Woodbridge Town Hall, 1 Main St.; the Woodbridge Library, 1 George Frederick Plaza; or at the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St., anytime between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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