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Giving Thanks
Here is where we honor those who are the backbone of the food bank, the wonderful people of Lacey Township and beyond. Whether it be money, items or service in kind, it is all appreciated.
 
As we reach the end of another year of food bank service, the list of those who have helped is a testament to all encompassing community caring and support, without which, we would be unable to continue helping the less fortunate among us.
 
From the scouts and the students, to the organizations, churches and businesses and to all the caring individuals in Lacey, you are all here. Take a minute to see those who have joined in this wonderful community effort. On another page "Esteemed Sponsors" you'll meet individuals who commit to monthly donations and businesses who back us up by supporting at least one food bank family at the cost of $240. annually.
 
Whatever it is you give or whatever you do, you breathe life into this organization and for this the volunteers of the Lacey Food Bank , thank you.
 
Sincerely,
Guy Burnett, Chairman
 

Churches & Civic Groups
The following civic and church groups showed they care by answering our call for donations. :
 
Lacey Elks *
The Lacey Garden Club *
Forked River Presbyterian Church*
Forked River Methodist Church
Lacey High School Boosters Club
Woman's Club of Lacey, Evening *
The Woman's Club of Lacey *
The Forked River Tuna Club *
The Old Guard
Lacey Democrat Club
AARP Chapter 1327
Pheasant Run Ladies Club
Lacey Township PBA Local 238 *
The Quarry Club of Lacey Township
 
* = esteemed sponsors
*
 
In Memory Of...
 
Josephine Wetter, a good friend and neighbor
honored by Bruce & Sally McGahey
and Dolores Hietala
*
Mary Hovanyetz, beloved sister-in-law
of Rose Shanahan, a friend of the Lacey Food Bank
*
Carmen DiBuono
Dear father of Barbara Nevins
by Lois Guthrie
*
To honor the life of Kevin Shanahan
by Rose Shanahan
*
In memory of Vincent Totara, my niece's beloved  father
by Rose Shanahan
*
Honoring the life of Margaret Egan's beloved husband,
William Egan
by Tom & Ruth Cervasio
*
Honoring the life of our dear son, Denis Michael 1953 - 1976
Michael and Shirley Schmidt  we now pledge a monthly contribution
to the esteemed sponsor program
*
Honoring the life of Elizabeth Meirs Morgan
from the Forked River Mountain Coalition
*
Mickey Boy Burnett
Beloved pet of Guy & Jean Burnett
by Tom & Ruth Cervasio
*
 
Memorial Contributions will be acknowledged with a card sent to the bereaved famiy in your name. Mail to the Lacey Food Bank, c\o Administrator's Office, 818 W. Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731  Be sure to include the name of the deceased, relationship to and the address of the bereaved.

In Celebration of....
 Mayor Brian Reid celebrated the marriage of Mr. & Mrs. Bowers  by donating his fee for performing the ceremony to us. Thanks Mayor!
 
 
 
Honor a loved one by donating to the food bank in celebration of their life occasions - anniversary, wedding, new grandchild, communion, birthday, graduation ....  A gift card will be sent to them  in your name.

 
 
Food Donations \Gifts from the Community
 
The Lacey Woman's Club
Monthly Tuna Collection =870 cans as of the December  meeting
( but who's counting? )
 
The Rotary Club
100 Thanksgiving Turkey Dinners
 
Pheasant Run Homeowners Assoc.
Thanksgiving food drive and gifts for the food bank kids
 
AARP Local 1327
Food drive plus three large bags of toys and games for the food bank kids.
 
GS Troops #215, #249 & #579 who donated
"take me" gifts & wrapping paper for Xmas
 
Boy Scouts of America
A van load of food
 
Inter- Generational Club
A huge quantity of non- food essentials
Christmas Cookies for December's Distribution
 
The Village Lutheran Church
Littlest Angels Christian Preschool Daycare
 
Forked River Presbyterian Church
Precious Journey Pre-School
 
Manhattan Bagel for their monthly donation of bagels
 
Coastal Jersey Parrot Head Club
 
Lacey H.S. Booster Club
 
Patrons & Staff of the Lacey Library
A generous supply of food via their first annual food drive
 
GS Troop 477 - Leader Maria Ruffalo
GS Troop 20    - Leader Debbie Everett
 
Juniper Service Unit Girl Scouts
 
Brownie Troop #579  - Leader Noreen McGillick
 
Amergen Employees for a month long
food drive complete with Easter hams & candy
 
Wakenhut Security, Easter candy and goodies
 
Wawa Store, Lanoka Harbor
 
Nancy Lord
Cases of dog and cat food for the FB pets
 
Shirley Schmidt, bags of  weekly coupon shopping donations 
 
Janice Celmer, a coupon shopper donor supreme
 
Turkeys and food donations
Irene Lyons
Shawn Halbert
Christina Simunek
Troy Bertolino
Carole Georgeson
Mrs. George King
Eileen Ryan
Alena Josephsen
Sydney Brown
Debbie MacNally
Margo Felker
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Horne
John Horner
Cyndi Pawluk
Carol Sheppard
Margo Nappi
Mrs. Kutassy
Nancy Eggerling
Joyce Pluta
Nancy Lord
Anna Green
Toni King
Margaret Mukherjee
Rotary Club & Interact
Wachovia Bank Employees
Ralph & Edna Lanuto
Mary Swartz
Michael Tokarchik
Tracey SmithAnne Bucher
Ms. Georgeson
 
 
 
CURVES for Women
Co-owners Judy Hyslop and Alan Milboer
Their March food drive amounted to over a half ton of food!
They then added to the total with a large November gift
 
Diane Turton Realtors
This office group collected food and Thaksgiving turkeys
 
John Adams ,  cases of the nutritional supplement,  Ensure
 
Ron Kopchinski, a 6 foot ladder for the food bank store room
 
Ron Tholin from Lacey Marine for the
super sized ice chest  donation.
 
Mr. & Mrs. John Kilmurray, for a generous
supply of toys for the food bank kids
 
Bruce and Sally McGahey &
Harriet Brown, clothing donation
for the "take me"  tables.
 
Bruce and Sally McGahey, a combination
fax, phone and answering machine for the newly
renovated food bank headquarters.
 
Girl Scout Troop 419 - A spring food drive
 
JG Promotions, Joe Gough
Two dozen Lacey Food Bank "Staff" T-shirts
 
Chelsea and Alex Granato
Dozens of toys for the food bank kids
 
Christina Ping
Baby formula
 
Forked River Fire Dept
Democrat Club
Republican Club
for
Hamburger and hot dog rolls
 
Bob Porcellini, Lanoka Farms
for the donation of 100 pumpkins at the
October distribution
 
GS Troop #243
Peggy Sue Julianio's troop donated
100 ghost lollipops for Halloween
&
GS Troop #477, Leader Maria Ruffalo
donated Halloween candy for the clients
 
Ken Disharoon, Bicycles Unlimited
Clothing
 
 
 

February is fund raising month. The response to our mailing gives us an indication of how well we will do all year. At any time of year we urge our neighbors in the community to become  involved and send a donation or (see Esteemed Sponsor page) become an esteemed sponsor. Those donations marked with an * indicate monthly donors to the program. This year , in an effort to maximize our efforts , we are participating in the FEINSTEIN FOUNDATION'S MILLION $ Challenge. They will tally all the donations we receive during the months of March and April, then pro-rate a portion of the Million $ as a reward for our efforts.

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Xmas Fund & Gifts for the Food Bank Kids
Lacey Middle School
7th & 8th grades
Paul D. Burnett
Bill & Rene Burnett
Stella & Gerard Russell
Leo Musarra
Irmgard Morocke
Helen LaTour
Frank & Kathleen Verdi
Susan Schoen
Dot Mehler
Tom & Ruth Cervasio
Shirley Schmidt
Reactor Services Group
(Amergen)
AARP Local 1327
Lacey Library
Pheasant Run Homeowners Assoc.
Dr. Stephen Beach
Dale Burnett
Tracy Burnett
Patti McDonnell
Barbara McDonnell
Marylane Kline
Jackie Wortman
Laurie Rose
Andy & Annette Drago
The Allen Street Gang & Fran Dorso
Lacey Library
Nancy Clark, Cheryl Delia, Mickey Esposito, Beth Disablio, The Harrison Family, arbara Hendrickson, Lori Melbourne
Susie ,Chris,Laurie, Jessie and Tiffany from Rich Creations,
Barbvara SChmidbauer, Marian Spielberger, Jim and Jane Sudora, Doris Thornstrom & Jean Tymczsyn.
And many thanks to Skip Peters for donating a truck and two helpers to deliver and unload the food bank kid's gifts to community hall.
 
 
Gifts from the Community
Along with two $25. gift certificates to ShopRite donated by GS Troop 223, the following merchants in our community donated raffle door prizes for the clients during Xmas distribution. We wish they could have seen the excitement generated by these simple and generous acts.   
   
 
Bagel Biz
Burger King
Captain's Inn 
Forked River House
The German Store
Peking Buffet
Il Giardino Sul Mar
South winds Grill
Sunrise Bagel Cafe 
 
and finally, THE COOKIE BAKERS !
We set out the call - "nuthin' says lovin' but something from the oven " and thanks to the following cookie bakers, the clients enjoyed home made plates of cookies for Xmas. Many thanks to:
GS Troop 243, Gabrielle Spano, Betty Lou Baldini,Caludia Zocki, Michael and Gregory Peluso, Midge Pezzolla, & the students from the  Intergenerational Club.
 
 
 
 
 

Donations
AARP Chapter 1327
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Abbey
Vera Aiello *
Air,Land & Sea Environmental Mgt.
John Albert
Gerard Benvenuto
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Borino
Donna & Chuck Boyer
Brick Wall Corp. *
George Broome, Remax Agency*
CAFFREY's Restaurant & Tavern*
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Carlson
Century 21 Realty, Richard Bargloski
Central Jersey Parrot Head Club
Glenn Christy***
Emil Ciangetti
CNA Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Connell
Phillip & MaryAnn Czech
Paul Dalton
John & Iraida Dale *
Barbara & Bonny D'Amato *
Mr. & Mrs. H Danielson
Audrey Davis
Discovery Refuse Management *
Rosemary Dixon *
Tom & Anna Dorso*
East Coast Engineering
Anne and Terry Erichsen
E. Systems Intergrators
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Farrell
The Fenstein Foundation
John & Mary Ferraro
Forked River Mountain Coalition
Forked River Methodist Church
Forked River Presbyterian Church
Forked River Tuna Club *
The Gallaghers
Elizabeth Geiger *
Shaun Georgeson
Caryl & Roy Gunsalus
Mary Hallof
Mr. & Mrs. Hucker
James & LIbera Joyce *
George & Betty King
Ann Kish*
Jim & Cheryl Knoeller (Jersey Shore Pools)
Lacey Day Committee
Lacey Democrats
Lacy Employees Sunshine Club*
Lacey Middle School
Mr. & Mrs. William Leach*
Scott Lepley
Beverly Lesko
John & Bridget Lewis*
Marion Lisoski
Margaret & Thomas Lynch
Gloria Lutz
Frances & Irene Lyons
Anthony Macaluso****
Kenneth McGowan*
Mr. & Mrs. McManimon
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Mountsier
Dr. Dennis Novak, MD*
Cynthia Boylan-Pieja
Ocean First Foundation
Old Guard of Forked River
Clifford & Audrey O'Neill
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Palumbo
Nancy Philp
Pheasant Run Ladies Group
Doris Piscerchia*
Patricia Poyner *
Robert C. Riggs
Mr. & Mrs. Byron Roe
Eileen Santo
Rose Shanahan
Silver Cloud Marina**
Dorothy Simon
Martha Spalding
Arthur STein, Esq.
Paul Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. J Stever
Paul Suriano
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Swain
Wakenhut Security
Woman's Club of Lacey*
Womans Club, evening divison*
Joan Zimmerman
Carole Zirpolo*
Commerce Bank
Hudson City Bank