Franklin Lakes Chamber Hosts Thanksgiving Drive For Families

FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ – Fifteen Bergen County families received food to cook their Thanksgiving meals this year thanks to a collection drive run by the Franklin Lakes Chamber of Commerce.

The organization donated care packages filled with canned goods, baking goods and toiletries as part of its second annual food drive. Families also received a turkey, which were donated by ShopRite of Wyckoff.

The packages were prepared by chamber members and the Center for Food Action in Mahwah, which is also where families picked up their donations.

“We are beyond grateful to the Franklin Lakes Chamber of Commerce. They are an amazing group of people that continue to support us year after year,” said Linda Somwaru, site manager of Center for Food Action in Mahwah. “Every year the chamber of commerce tries to do a few more families than they did the previous year.”

“It gives me great pride and pleasure to be part of another successful food drive thanks to the wonderful people of Franklin Lakes and the nearby communities,” said John C. Morley, president of the Franklin Lakes Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber thanks the Center for Food Action in Mahwah and Shop Rite of Wyckoff, which is owned and operated by the Inserra family for sponsoring the drive.

In addition to the annual food drive, the Center for Food Action offers other programs including the emergency food program and the weekend snack pack program among other programs. More information may be found on the center’s website, cfanj.org.

More information about the Franklin Lakes Chamber of Commerce may be found here: franklinlakeschamber.org.