Middletown Helps Its Own, Lunch Break Give Out Food From IMA Patients

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — For the seventh year in a row, IMA Urgent Care & Primary Care patients donated Thanksgiving food items to those in need in the Middletown area.

This year’s drive benefited two local non-profits, Middletown Helps Its Own and Lunch Break in Red Bank. Both organizations spent this week delivering Thanksgiving food baskets to local residents in need.

"The holidays can be difficult for many. Helping to provide a Thanksgiving dinner helps provide relief to so many," said Dr. Roger Thompson of Family Practice of Middletown. "We are always grateful for our patients’ support during our Thanksgiving drive. Both Middletown Helps its Own and Lunch Break have been providing food relief for decades to so many of our Monmouth County neighbors.”

For 60 years, Middletown Helps Its Own has been helping our neighbors. They are 100-percent run by volunteers and supported solely by private donations. They provide food and emergency services to Middletown residents throughout the year and coordinate the distribution of over 600 food baskets to Middletown neighbors in need for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

For 40 years, Lunch Break has been providing food assistance to Red Bank area residents. Since its inception, Lunch Break has grown to provide not only food, but clothing, job assistance and life-skills programs.