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DRBC Cares for Its Communities: Staff Volunteer at the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank

While the main efforts of DRBC staff are centered around managing and protecting the shared interstate waters of the Delaware River Basin, they also care about helping out in our local communities. DRBC staff recently volunteered at the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank in Ewing Township, N.J., helping sort and prepare food donations for distribution to hunger reliefs programs all throughout Mercer County, N.J. Our team of volunteers came ready to work, but also delivering gifts: about a dozen bags of non-perishable food items collected by the entire DRBC staff.  

The Mercer Street Friends Food Bank is the leader of the community's response to hunger, offering prevention programs and annually distributing over two million pounds of privately- and government-donated food to a network of 60 shelters, soup kitchens, and food pantries. In addition to running the food bank, Mercer Street Friends also offers a free preschool and many programs for youth, adults, and parents.

Staff enjoyed and appreciated the experience, learning about the invaluable work of Mercer Street Friends and how it is an essential partner in the community, dedicated to helping impoverished and at-risk families and individuals. During the holiday season and all throughout the year, DRBC staff are proud to do their part to help those in need.  
DRBC's Bill Muszynski and Donna Woolf load up the van with non-perishable food items donated by the entire DRBC staff. Photo by DRBC.At Mercer Street Friends Food Bank, the sorting room is full of food donated for hunger relief. Photo by DRBC.The food sorting room at Mercer Street Friends. DRBC volunteers focused their efforts here, sorting and preparing donated food for distribution to shelters, food pantries, and soup kitchens throughout Mercer County, N.J. Photo by DRBC.DRBC's Ken Najjar (right) sorts food with a volunteer from Bloomberg. Photo by DRBC.DRBC's Bill Muszynski organizes the food donations in preparation for their distribution throughout the county. Photo by DRBC.The DRBC team of volunteers is all smiles knowing that their efforts will help many in need in Mercer County, N.J. Photo courtesy of DRBC.