Chatham Police Collection Starts Friday For 'Faith And Blue' Item Drive

CHATHAM, NJ — There’s time to help out in the community by donating to Chatham Borough Police’s “Faith and Blue” non-perishable food and personal care item drive, which begins on Friday.

The police department is collecting the items through Oct. 11, as part of the Faith and Blue initiative, teaming up with faith-based organizations to “build relationships with the community and to break down biases.”

Faith and Blue “re-calibrates police-community relations,” with in-person, socially-distanced and virtual activities among residents, community groups and police departments.

For more about Faith and Blue visit www.faithandblue.org.

Chatham Borough Police Department is collecting essentials to donate in their lobby drop box at 54 Fairmount Avenue. Among them are:

Non-perishable foods, including: canned protein items like tuna, peanut butter, bags of dried beans, rice, tomato sauces, cereal, canned fruits, fruit cups, cooking oil, condiments, salad dressings, baking mixes, pancake mix, flour, sugar and individually-packaged snacks.

Personal care items, including: diapers, baby wipes, diaper cream, deodorant, shaving cream, disposable razors, soap, toothpaste, lotion, mouthwashes.

Click here for the full list of items that the police department is collecting.

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