[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 19, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E379-E380]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO MONMOUTH COUNTY FOODBANK

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 19, 2002

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call the attention of my 
colleagues to the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in the 6th 
District of New Jersey.
  On Friday, February 22, the FoodBank formally celebrated the opening 
of its new 42,000 square feet warehouse facility at 3300 Route 66, 
Neptune Township. Member charities and invited guests toured the new 
facility. A dedication ceremony honored Arthur M. Goldberg,

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for whom the facility is named, for his generosity as a major 
contributor to the building campaign.
  Other guests included major contributors, member charities, 
volunteers and political dignitaries who have played important roles in 
enabling the FoodBank to build the facility.
  The FoodBank currently distributes over 2.5 million pounds of 
emergency food annually to more than 200 church and synagogue food 
pantries, soup kitchens, shelter for the homeless, shelter for abused 
women and children, day care programs for low-income children and homes 
for the elderly and disabled throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties.
  The new facility will enable the FoodBank to provide more food for 
those in need. With the additional space, new programs will also be 
started that impact on the root causes of hunger. These include a job 
skills program in culinary arts and community gardens that will help 
people to grow some of their own food.
  For continuing to make a difference in the community fighting hunger, 
the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties warrants praise. Their new 
warehouse facility is a great step forward in their cause.

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