Yes We CAN! Food Drives Collects Locally During Hunger Action Month
To the Editor:
September is Hunger Action Month, a time when Yes We CAN! Food Drives pledges to renew its efforts to help our neighbors in Mercer County who don’t have enough food to feed their families or themselves. Thus it is that we need your help so we can help our neighbors.
We are grassroots volunteers who collect money twice a month at both the Princeton Farmers Market and the West Windsor Farmers Market. The funds collected then allow us to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables from the farmers, which in turn are donated to Arm In Arm to restock its food pantries.
The pantries provide free food for families, the elderly, the disabled, and veterans for an average of 3,500 visits a month for residents of Trenton, Hamilton, and Princeton (yes, Princeton).
These visits represent a lot of needed food for a lot of people in need, and, in fact, the need increases each month by 200 new visitors to the pantries. Therefore, we are asking you to make a cash donation when you see us at the farmers markets with a can labeled “Yes We CAN!”
Our volunteers will be collecting money September 19 at the Princeton Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza, in front of the Princeton Library, and every two weeks thereafter. The same goes for our group’s presence on September 21 and then every two weeks at the West Windsor Farmers Market, located behind the Princeton Junction Train Station, off Alexander Road.
Every dollar counts and makes an impact. Be the person who makes that impact.