MEND Thanksgiving Distribution at St. Joe's 2018
The food pantries at Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange and St. Joseph's Church in Maplewood both held their Thanksgiving distributions this past weekend. Both were aided by MEND — the Essex County hunger relief network.
The OLS Food Pantry in South Orange registered more than 250 patrons for the
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