The next “Buy One, Bring One” food drop-off sponsored by the Somerset County Board of Freeholders will be Friday, Oct. 19.
Freeholder Director Patricia Walsh announced that Bound Brook Borough Hall and the Bernardsville Library have joined the BOBO program in the past month. The initiative has collected almost 7 tons of donations since she launched it in July 2010.
Look for the blue BOBO Fridays bins at these county locations:
- Somerset County Administration Building, 20 Grove St., Somerville
- Somerset County/Bridgewater Library, North Bridge Street & Vogt Drive, Bridgewater
- Park Commission Headquarters, 355 Milltown Road, Bridgewater
- Environmental Education Center, 190 Lord Stirling Road, Basking Ridge
- Lord Stirling Stable, 256 S. Maple Ave., Basking Ridge
Towns that have BOBO Fridays bins in their municipal buildings are: Bedminster, Bound Brook, Franklin, Green Brook, North Plainfield and Raritan.
The following county branch libraries have BOBO Fridays bins: Bernardsville Library, Bound Brook Memorial Library, Mary Jacobs Memorial Library (Rocky Hill), North Plainfield Library, Peapack-Gladstone Library, Somerville Public Library and Warren Township Library.
Canned or boxed food items are accepted. Personal-care items, including bath soap, deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo and toilet paper, also are collected since these items are not covered by food stamps. For ideas about healthy foods to donate, go to http://bit.ly/FoodPantryDonations
Although the targeted collection schedule is the third Friday of every month, the bins are available every day, so donations may be dropped off at any time during regular business hours at all locations.
2012 Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Patricia L. Walsh, Freeholder Director Ÿ Peter S. Palmer, Freeholder Deputy Director
Robert Zaborowski, Freeholder Ÿ Patrick Scaglione, Freeholder Ÿ Mark Caliguire, Freeholder
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