Deborah Smith of Jersey Bites has started a blogging campaign which aims to get 100 bloggers across New Jersey to help spread the message about the plummeting supply of food in the Food Bank as the demands increase:

“We are scheduled to launch the “This Bank Can’t Fail” blogging campaign for Monday December 15th. The goal is to get 100 New Jersey bloggers on board to help spread the synchronized word about the increased demand being put on the food pantries in New Jersey and how everyone can help. It would be fantastic if you would participate…”

To help, people can:

1) Make a monetary contribution: Visit www.njfoodbank.org.

2) Donate food: Drop off a bag of food at your local food pantry.

3) Organize a food drive: The CFBNJ can help explain the logistics of starting a food drive. Just call 908-355-FOOD.

4) Look for the “Check Out Hunger” coupons at your local supermarket and donate.

The 3-minute video below shows the dire situation the food bank is currently facing rising demand for food assistance and a sharp drop in donations:

You can also email Deb at jerseybite@gmail.com if you want to get involved in the campaign. I hope more Jersey City bloggers join this cause.

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Tomorrow is not a different story. Some NJ schools will close early, some won’t even open.

Unfortunately for students who have no plans of doing their homeworks, Jersey City schools will follow their normal schedules. (I’ll update this post if I see changes from the link below).

If you are not from JC and you found this post via search engine, read the rest to learn more about NJ school closings for June 10, 2008…
(Be sure to check out the link at the bottom for updated list)

SCHOOL — CITY — STATUS

Aquinas Academy — Livingston — Early release starting at 12:00 PM
Asbury Park School Dist. — Asbury Park — Early release starting at 12:55 PM
Belmar Elem. — Belmar — Early release starting at 1:00 PM
Berkeley Heights Twp — Berkeley Heights — Early release starting at 12:35 PM
Bloomingdale Public Schools – Bloomingdale — Using early release schedule
Bradley Beach Boro — Bradley Beach — Early release starting at 1:00 PM
Cedar Grove Twp — Cedar Grove — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Christ The King Elem.-Manville — Manville — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Clifton Public Schools — Clifton — Using early release schedule
Coastal Learning Center – Howell — Howell — Early release starting at 1:00 PM
Colts Neck Twp — Colts Neck — Using early release schedule
Dawn Treader — Paterson — Early release starting at 12:00 PM
Demarest Schools — Demarest — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Denville Twp — Denville — Using early release schedule
East Orange School Dist. — East Orange — Early release starting at 12:45 PM
Freehold Regional — Englishtown — Early release starting at 12:03 PM
Haledon Boro — Haledon — Early Closing
Hampton Elem. – Hampton — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Hanover Park Reg. — East Hanover — Early Closing
Hardyston Elementary School — Hamburg — Early release starting at 1:15 PM
Highlands Elem. — Highlands — Early release starting at 1:00 AM
Hillside Twp — Hillside — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Howell Twp — Howell — Closed
Keyport H.S. — Keyport — Closed
Lebanon Twp — Califon — Early release starting at 1:10 PM
Lenape Valley Reg. H.S. — Stanhope — Early release starting at 12:10 PM
Lincoln Park Boro — Lincoln Park — Early release starting at 12:50 PM
Long Beach Island — Surf City — Early Closing
Manalapan-Englishtown Reg — Englishtown — Early Closing
Manchester Reg H.S. — Haledon — Early release starting at 12:25 PM
Manville Boro — Manville — Using early release schedule
Marlboro Twp — Marlboro — Early Closing
Matawan-Aberdeen Reg. Schools — Aberdeen — Early Closing
Middlesex Boro — Middlesex — Using early release schedule
Mine Hill Twp — Mine Hill — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Montgomery Academy-Gladstone — Gladstone — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Netcong Elem. — Netcong — Early release starting at 12:37 PM
New Milford Schools — New Milford — Early release starting at 12:00 PM
North Caldwell Boro — North Caldwell — Early release starting at 12:45 PM
Ocean Twp-Monmouth County — Oakhurst — Early Closing
Palisades Park — Palisades Park — Early release starting at 12:35 PM
Park Ridge Public Schools — Park Ridge — Using early release schedule
Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp — Parsippany — Using early release schedule
Perth Amboy Catholic Schl — Perth Amboy — Early release starting at 12:00 PM
Plainfield School Dist — Plainfield — Early release starting at 1:30 PM
Ridgewood — Ridgewood — Closed
Ringwood Schools — Ringwood — Using early release schedule
Rockaway Valley Elem — Boonton Township — Using early release schedule
Roselle Park Public Schools — Roselle Park — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Rugby School at Woodfield — Wall — Closed
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Rgnl Schls — Scotch Plains — Closed
Scribbles Preschool — Mountain Lakes — Early release starting at 11:50 AM
South Bound Brook — South Bound Brook — Early release starting at 12:48 PM
South Plainfield Boro — South Plainfield — Using early release schedule
St Andrew E.S.-Clifton — Clifton — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
St Anthony of Padua-Butler — Butler — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
St Frances Cabrini School — Piscataway — Early release starting at 12:15 PM
St Francis Cathedral-Metuchen — Metuchen — No PM Classes
St Mary Of Mt Virgin – N. Brunswick — New Brunswick — Closed
St Matthew School — Edison — Early release starting at 12:20 PM
St Michael School-Netcong — Netcong — Early release starting at 12:00 PM
Stanhope E.S. — Stanhope — Early release starting at 12:15 PM
Trenton Community Charter School — Trenton — Closed
Union Beach Dist — Union Beach — Early Closing
Upper Freehold Reg — Allentown — Early release starting at 11:35 AM
Verona Boro — Verona — Early release starting at 12:30 PM
Wayne Twp Public — Wayne — Early release starting at 11:55 AM
West Orange — West Orange — Closed
West Paterson Boro — West Paterson — Using early release schedule
Westwood Regional — Westwood — Using early release schedule

http://www.news12.com/NJ/closings

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