Catch up on the biggest stories in Moorestown this week.
Moorestown food pantries in need of donations during the summer months, and an incoming senior at MHS has started his own charity. Catch up on everything from the past week in the Weekly Roundup.
Moorestown food pantries in need of donations to keep shelves stocked through summer
Families who struggle to afford food often rely on free and reduced school lunches to keep their children nourished. Without this assistance during the summer months, these families don’t know where to turn, according to Live Civilly CEO and President Kahra Buss. This is where local food pantries come into play. The pantry is open on the first and third Mondays of each month, which Buss says was intentional as the food pantry at Bethel AME Church is open on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.
Council overhauling Camden Ave. corridor and township communications
At Moorestown Township Council’s meeting on Monday, June 26, the talk of the night was the nearly $1 million state Department of Transportation grant the township received to refurbish the Lenola Town Center’s Camden Avenue corridor. Jamie Brown, chair of the the Lenola Advisory Commission, said this project has been years in the making. She said her grandfather served on a “West End” taskforce more than 20 years ago with plans to revitalize the Camden Avenue corridor that never went anywhere.Council also provided updates regarding the township’s hiring of a communications firm. Township manager Thomas Merchel said the township’s goal is to communicate information in a digestible way.
Bringing ‘home’ to soldiers far from it
Soldiers miss the simple things when they’re overseas camped out in an unfamiliar place. Items such as dried foods, hygiene products and games take on new value for soldiers who miss these familiar touches of home. For that reason, Max Blank, a rising senior at Moorestown HIgh School, decided he wanted to give soldiers abroad a taste of home while they are fighting for their country. The 17-year-old Blank created his charity “Until You’re Home,” which sends care packages to troops around the world. On Saturday, June 24, Until You’re Home held its first open house collection drive, resulting in hundreds of pounds of supplies collected in what Blank hopes is the first of more to drives to come.
