5th Annual Bowl for Hunger
News Release 7/31/14
19th DISTRICT-Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin in partnership with the Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation and Middlesex Water Company held the Fifth “Bowl for Hunger” on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, which over the course of four hours, approximately 375 bowlers participated in the annual charity event. This year’s event featured a double session, 5:30 to 7:30 PM and 8:00 to 10:00 PM, in order to accommodate the increased demand to participate and raise more money for area food banks.
Together, Assemblyman Coughlin, Michael D’Agnes, President and CEO of Raritan Bay Medical Center, and Dennis Doll, President and CEO of the Middlesex Water Company praised and thanked the 375-plus group of bowlers for supporting the area’s twenty-eight (28) food banks through their participation in the night’s event. While all pledges and donations are still forthcoming, the event had raised approximately $20,000.00. Interested community members or businesses still wishing to make a donation to the “Bowl for Hunger” cause should contact the Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation at 732-324-5374.
All five Mayors of the 19th Legislative District honored their pledges to once again support the Bowl for Hunger—Mayor Daniel J. Reiman of Carteret, Mayor Wilda Diaz of Perth Amboy, Mayor Kennedy O’Brien of Sayreville, Mayor Fred Henry of South Amboy, and Mayor John E. McCormac of Woodbridge.
63 corporate, community and individual sponsors donated at least $100 to support the cause. Of the 63 sponsors, fifteen sponsors— Aetna; Amerigroup; NJ/NY Carpenter Contractor Trust; Carteret Business Partnership; CME Associates; GEICO; Gerdau; Hatch Mott MacDonald; James Nolan and Associates; NJM Insurance Group; Verizon’s NJ Shares; Northfield Bank; Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey; Reliance Insurance Group; and Woodbridge Center Mall each donated $500.
Assemblyman Coughlin, Presidents D’Agnes and Doll thanked the combined sixty-three (63) corporate and individual sponsors, including forty sponsors who donated $100 or more:
Almasi Companies; Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski; Costa Verde Restaurant; Cultural Arts Commission of Woodbridge; Daniel Harris and Family; Donald Sico & Co. LLC; Elizabethtown Gas; Faith Fellowship Ministries; First Presbyterian Church of South Amboy; Flying Fish Brewing Co; GBW Insurance; Investors Bank; James P. Durek, Esq.; JFK Medical Center; JGT Management Co. LLC; Katz Government Affairs; Kaufman Zita Group; Kevin Hoagland; Knot Just Bagels; Larry and Peggy Mayerowitz; McManimon Scotland & Baumann, LLC; Metuchen Democratic Organization; Michael D’Agnes; Middlesex & Somerset County AFL-CIU Labor Council; Middlesex County Building & Construction Trades Council; New Jersey Food Council; Our Lady of Fatima Church; Pallone for Congress; Peter’s Pantry; Perth Amboy Firefighters IAFF Local 286; Raritan Bay Area YMCA; Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretto LPP; Robert J. McGowan, Attorney at Law; Saint Joseph High School (Metuchen); Senator Joseph F. Vitale; Spevack Law Offices; The Club at Woodbridge; Wilentz Goldman Spitzer PA; Wakefern Food Corporation and Yoli Better Body System.
