The Jersey Shore Roller Girls hosted a food drive during their season-opener at Winding River Skating Center in Toms River on May 13. Fans were asked to donate cans to the team they were rooting for. Anyone who made a donation received a free concession or a free raffle ticket for half-time games. More than 80 pounds of food was collected, enough to provide 65 meals!
Our friends at Jersey Shore Moving & Storage, a National Van Lines agent, volunteered to deliver all of the donations to Fulfill.
More than 114,000 people in Monmouth and Ocean Counties are facing food insecurity.
"Many of our skaters were born and raised there, and have continued their adult lives in the area," said Kerry Myers. "We have a desire to serve the community that has served us so well by giving us both a permanent and a skating home. We know the struggle of hunger that is faced by many in this area, and we wanted to do something to help. That's why we combined the two things we love most - roller derby and helping our community - and decided to host a food drive at our first home game this year."
Thank you to the Jersey Shore Roller Girls for skating that extra stride to fight hunger in our community!
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