For the seventh year in a row, Bob Swisher's Foodstock partied hard and collected tens of thousands of pounds of food to benefit the hungry in New Jersey.
For six hours on October 15 at the Freehold Independent Firehouse #1 at 330 Stillwells Corner Rd. in Freehold, New Jersey, Foodstock 2016 offered local bands, great food, and friendly company to all those who attended, asking only for a food donation as an entry fee. For every 25 pounds of food donated, people were entered into a raffle for Giants and Jets tickets, encouraging all of those who attended to help them collect as many pounds as possible.
Over the previous six years, Foodstock has collected a combined 170,000 lbs of food and 
raised over $70,000 in donations, so they had large shoes to fill this year, and boy did they do that. In collecting 45,000 pounds of food, Foodstock -- with Lowy's Moving Service, a Wheaton agent, as the transporters -- has provided local food pantries like Open Door in Freehold and Lunch Break in Red Bank, with over 37,000 meals for the over 58,000 people affected by food insecurity in Monmouth County.
Because of people like Bob and everyone involved in Foodstock, we've seen the number of food insecure people in Monmouth County drop. Do you want to do your part and help the hungry in your community? Check out how you can get involved and you can also keep an eye out for Foodstock's next event, Snow Ball, early next year.
