United Way
of Cape May County

“Mother Hubbard’s cupboards are bare,” said Suzanne Nardi, the Executive Director of the United Way of Cape May County, and the number of residents, who come to the United Way’s First Call for Help food pantry, on Maple Avenue in Wildwood, is increasing every week.

The pantry, which opens every Thursday morning at 10 a.m., provides dozens of residents with the food they need to get by, supplies are dwindling.

“We’ve been getting four new people a week,” Nardi said, and in spite of the generous donations of canned goods by local school and civic groups, as well as, regular donations of produce (from the North Wildwood Elks) and milk (from Lehigh Dairy Farms), the supply of nutritious food offerings is becoming limited.

“We really need certain food items to provide people with the nutrition they need,” Nardi said. The pantry currently needs individual or group donations of canned meals that can be heated in a microwave or on a stove top, especially: hearty and chunky soups, chili, beef stew, and tuna and chicken.

“A number of local schools and other groups held canned good drives for us around the holidays, and we would be thrilled if some other organizations would be willing to help out at this critical time,” Nardi said.

Monetary donations are also greatly appreciated, as they allow United Way staff to purchase high-protein perishable items like luncheon meats, hot dogs and cheese. To make a donation or to find out more about holding a canned good drive, call Nardi at 729-2002.

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