The Newark Food Closet is in “desperate need of donations” and needs help!
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“We’re really struggling,’’ Newark Food Closet President Lisa Barrett said May 4th. “We are getting very few donations now and if this continues, we will have to cut back on our services. And that’s a problem because summer, like holiday time when children aren’t in school, is one of our busiest times.
Knowing donations are way down, Retired Perkins School music teacher Maria Walton, who volunteers on behalf of the NCSD Music Department to help the Newark Food Closet, is once again appealing to concert-goers that she will be collecting non-perishable food, personal hygiene items and monetary donations at the five remaining concerts in June.
Walton is encouraging folks who will be attending to bring one or more items with them that will be given to the Food Closet or they can opt to provide a monetary donation.
Here are the concert dates:
‧ High School Concert Band and Wind Ensemble Concert, 7:30 p.m., June 3rd, High School Auditorium
‧ 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Band Concert, 7:15 p.m., June 4th, Middle School Auditorium
‧ High School Chamber and Mixed Choirs Concert, 7:30 p.m., June 5th, High School Auditorium
‧ Kelley School 4th and 5th grade Bands, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade Choruses and Bucket Brigade Concert, 7 p.m., June 6th, Kelley School Auditorium
‧ 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Chorus Concert, 7 p.m., June 10th, Middle School Auditorium
“We so appreciate the support for the Newark Food Closet. We could not do what we do without the help of our community, Barrett said.
The Food Closet is open from 10-noon Monday through Fridays and the third Saturday of each month from 9-10. Food donations can be dropped off during that time or at Citizens Bank at 711 W. Miller St.
Persons who would like to send a monetary contribution may send a check, made out to the Newark Food Closet, to this address: Newark Food Closet, 301 E. Miller St.. Newark, NY 14513.