Essex County Food Pantry Hosting 35th Anniversary Dinner Reception

An Essex County coalition of food pantries is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2015 with a dinner reception.

Meeting Emergency Needs with Dignity (MEND), the largest and oldest interfaith coalition of food pantries in Essex County, was established in 1980, according to a released from MEND. Since then, more than 1.5 million Essex County residents have been able to obtain perishable and non-perishable food items for themself and their families, MEND said. In 2014, the organization served 95,000 people.

The dinner reception will be held at 6 p.m. at The newark Club, 1085 Raymond Blvd, in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday, March 12.

“We are excited to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of MEND by honoring Congressman, Donald M. Payne, Jr. Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Newark, and WhyHunger for their invaluable support of Meeting Emergency Needs with Dignity,” MEND said in a release. “In addition, we will recognize the 18 interfaith food pantries within our network.”

Tickets to the MEND cocktail dinner reception are $125 per person.

For more information or ticket information, contact Alison Bryant at avbkat@msn.com or Jamie Anthony at jamie@qflc.com.

(Photo courtesy of Meeting Emergency Needs with Dignity)