{"id":1553,"date":"2020-04-20T18:27:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2020-04-20T18:27:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T18:27:13","slug":"freeholder-board-sheriffs-office-and-united-way-of-greater-union-county-organize-food-assistance-for-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/press-releases\/main\/2020\/04\/20\/freeholder-board-sheriffs-office-and-united-way-of-greater-union-county-organize-food-assistance-for-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Freeholder Board, Sheriff\u2019s Office and United Way of Greater Union County Organize Food Assistance for Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Today the Union County Freeholder Board, Sheriff Peter Corvelli and his officers assisted in the distribution of 14 pallets of fresh and shelf-safe food in partnership with United Way of Greater Union County. The food, donated by Amazon Logistics, was provided to United Way and transferred to\u00a0 20 local social service agencies that will give it to individuals and families in need throughout Union County.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of the Freeholder Board, I thank Amazon, United Way, and our local partners for working together to bring relief to families who are struggling with the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis,\u201d said Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella. \u201cThe need is great, and I hope this generous donation inspires other acts of giving in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s effort builds on our longstanding, collaborative efforts with business leaders, nonprofits and local relief agencies. Thanks to Amazon and United Way, we are able to redouble our efforts to provide assistance to our residents during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis,\u201d said Freeholder Sergio Granados, who organized the distribution with Freeholder Angela R. Garretson.<\/p>\n

“The invaluable partnership with the United Way of Greater Union County and our local municipalities benefit from so many acts of kindness.\u00a0 The Amazon donations are greatly appreciated, as each substantially advances support for individuals and families in Union County,” said Freeholder Garretson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very important milestone in our charge to ensure Union County residents continue to have access to food during this time of the pandemic. Thanks to the continued support of Amazon Logistics, the partnership with the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and our community partners, we will be able to help alleviate some of those barriers families face as result of the Coronavirus,\u201d said James W. Horne, Jr., President and CEO of United Way of Greater Union County.<\/p>\n

Organizations and businesses and that wish to donate food in Union County can contact Nathalie Hernandez, coordinator of the Union County Office of Diversity and Community Engagement, at nhernandez@ucnj.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information and updates on all Union County services during the COVID-19 outbreak,\u00a0 including guidance on the Union County Drive-Through Test Center at Kean University, visit ucnj.org\/coronavirus-update<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For general information about COVID-19 and phone contacts for 24\/7 assistance with questions, visit the New Jersey Department of Health at nj.gov\/health<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today the Union County Freeholder Board, Sheriff Peter Corvelli and his officers assisted in the distribution of 14 pallets of fresh and shelf-safe food in partnership with United Way of Greater Union County. The food, donated by Amazon Logistics, was provided to United Way and transferred to\u00a0 20 local social service agencies that will give…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-main","post_format-post-format-aside"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"1970-01-01 00:00:00","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","browser_timezone_offset":0},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/sheriff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}