$3K Goal: ‘Light Up’ Chester, Mendham Food Pantry With Donations

CHESTER, NJ — The luminaries casting a festive glow on Chester’s Main Street through the holidays are there to bring joy, plus raise awareness about the Chester Mendham Food Pantry’s service to local residents.

The West Morris Junior Women’s Club continues to fundraise for the food pantry and has $3,000 remaining for their goal to “light up” the food pantry with donations, says Pamela Fink, a spokesperson for the group.

The service-based, 501(c)(3) volunteer organization of young women from Chester, Mendham and the surrounding towns, coordinates this fundraiser each year, investing in 2021 in reusable, plastic luminaries to place downtown, that were part of their earlier food pantry fundraising efforts.

With $3,000 to go, those luminaries are staying in place through Dec. 30, with the Junior Women’s Club taking donations for the pantry until Dec. 31.

How can someone donate to the Junior Women’s Club fundraiser?

Click this link: www.wmjwc.org/2021-light-up-chester.

Or scan the QR code below to donate:

Along with their campaign, the Junior Women’s Club is hosting a holiday giveaway on Facebook, with items from Chester merchants.

• Share, hit the “love” emoji, comment or tag a friend in the post about the giveaway.
• Participants have to be local residents only.
• Enter by Dec. 27.

Winners can receive a $25 gift card to Maria’s of Chester; a cup of biscottis from Linda’s Biscotti; hand-crafted soap, bath bomb and lip balm from the Steam Soapery; and an olive oil and balsamic gift set from The Olive and The Stone.

To learn more about all of the Junior Women’s Club’s projects and the group itself, visit them at www.wmjwc.org, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wmjwc.org or Instagram at www.instagram.com/westmorrisjuniors.

For more about the Chester Mendham Food Pantry, visit their website at www.chestermendhamfp.com or on Facebook here.

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