NJSO holds food drive with Community Foodbank of New Jersey

DONATION COLLECTION TO OCCUR AT NJSO PERFORMANCES IN APRIL

NEWARK, NJ (March 22, 2013)—The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and The Community FoodBank of New Jersey are partnering to fight hunger. At concerts throughout the month of April, the NJSO and its volunteers will collect non-perishable food items to donate to The Community FoodBank, which assists more than 900,000 people in 18 of New Jersey’s 21 counties.

The NJSO encourages donations of the following non-perishable items: dry soup, rice, powdered/canned milk, macaroni and cheese, cereal, peanut butter (no glass jars), beans, canned fruit and vegetables, tuna, canned food, canned stew, canned soup, pasta and juice boxes.

Concertgoers can donate items in the concert-hall lobbies at the following NJSO subscription performances:

Fri, April 5 at 8 pm | NJPAC in Newark
Sat, April 6 at 8 pm | State Theatre in New Brunswick
Sun, April 7 at 3 pm | Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown
Fri, April 12 at 7:30 pm | War Memorial in Trenton
Sat, April 13 at 8 pm | Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank
Sun, April 14 at 3 pm | bergenPAC in Englewood
Fri, April 19 at 8 pm | State Theatre in New Brunswick
Sat, April 20 at 8 pm | NJPAC in Newark
Thu, April 25 at 1:30 pm | NJPAC in Newark
Sat, April 27 at 8 pm | State Theatre in New Brunswick
Sun, April 28 at 3 pm | NJPAC in Newark

For more information, as well as a full list of most-needed foods and guidelines for acceptable items, visit www.njsymphony.org/fooddrive.