Donations accepted at OCC's Southern Education Center

Photo via OCC
Food and other supplies for victims of
Superstorm Sandy are being collected
at the Southern Education Center.

Students from course instructor Betsy Hyle’s Academic Success Classes at the Ocean County College’s Southern Education Center have set up donation bins to collect nonperishable foods and other supplies for the St. Francis Food Pantry, which is based at the Southern Ocean County Resource Center in Manahawkin following Superstorm Sandy. New coats and other cold-weather gear collected through the drive will be donated to the Lighthouse Alliance Family and Youth Center in Tuckerton. All toys received will be given to the Toys 4 Tots campaign, which is offering donations to local shore towns.

A bake sale will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 11 and 12, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. All funds received will be used to purchase local supermarket gift cards that will go to residents in need.

Donations may be dropped off at the SEC’s student lounge, located at 195 Cedar Bridge Rd. in Manahawkin, between 8 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday; and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call Vivian Lombardo at 609-978-2077, extension 678. 

This article was published in The SandPaper.