Football Volunteers at Community FoodBank

ELIZABETH, N.J. (2/19/10) - In the first of several community service projects for the spring semester, the Kean University football team volunteered at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey on Friday, February 19.

The 16 student-athletes and three coaches spent several hours at the Community FoodBank distribution center sorting and packing boxes of food and household goods.

Under fourth-year head coach Dan Garrett, the Cougars have volunteered at the FoodBank in each of the last four years.

The FoodBank distributes over 23 million pounds of food and groceries a year, ultimately serving 1,656 non-profit programs including 436 programs served by its Partner Distribution Organizations (PDOs). Through their combined efforts, they assist three-quarters of a million low-income people in 18 of New Jersey's 21 counties.