Bowling for Hunger Committee
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Assemblyman Coughlin, Middlesex Water Company, Hackensack Meridian Health and Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce Thank Community for Support of 9th Annual ‘Bowl for Hunger’
Press Release 7/20/18
19th DISTRICT — The Office of Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin released the following statement on July 20, 2018:
Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin in partnership with the Middlesex Water Company, Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation and Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce held the 9th Annual “Bowl for Hunger” last night, Thursday, July 19, 2018, at Majestic Lanes of Hopelawn.
From left, Asm. Craig Coughlin, Asw. Yvonne Lopez, Sen. Joe Vitale
This year’s event once again featured a double session, 5:30 to 7:30 PM and 8:00 to 10:00 PM, where nearly 600 bowlers took part on nearly 80 bowling lanes. Assemblyman Coughlin, Robert Garrett, Co-CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, Dennis Doll, President and CEO of the Middlesex Water Company and Karen Barnes, President of the Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce thanked event participants and sponsors for supporting the fun event and the area’s thirty one (31) food banks who help nourish the underserved. While all pledges and donations are still forthcoming, the 2018 Bowl has raised approximately $29,000.00. Since the event’s inception in 2010, more than $180,000 has been raised to feed the hungry.
Interested community members or businesses still wishing to make a donation to the “Bowl for Hunger” should contact the Bowl for Hunger committee at 732-925-8769 or e-mail BowlForHungerFundraiser@gmail.com. The grand total will be released in the coming weeks.
The event drew pledges and support from all five Mayors of the 19th Legislative District including—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.
In total, 74 corporate, community and individual sponsors donated at least $125.00 to support the cause. Of the 74 sponsors, 33 individuals and organizations donated at the $500 level—Acrisure Insurance Group, Allegiance, Amerigroup, BAYSHORE Recycling, Cape May Brewing Co., Carpenter Contractor Trust, CME Associates, Dave and Buster’s of Woodbridge, Elizabethtown Gas, Farmer’s Insurance, Foundation Title, GEICO, GERDAU, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, James P. Nolan & Associates, Metro Park A.G. Church, Middlesex County Democratic Organization, Middlesex County Young Democrats, New Jersey Business and Industry Association, New Jersey Credit Unions, New Jersey Food Council, New Jersey Hospital Association, New Jersey Bankers Association, NJM Insurance Group, New Jersey Shares, Pepsi Co., Realty Advisory Group, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LPP, Selective Insurance, Shell Oil, Middlesex County Surrogate Kevin J. Hoagland, Verizon, Wakefern Food Corp, Woodbridge Community Charity Fund Inc., WellCare, and YMCA.
Assemblyman Coughlin, Presidents Barnes and Doll and Co-CEO Garrett thanked the combined 74 corporate and individual sponsors, including 45 sponsors who donated $125 or more:
Almasi Companies, American Irish Association of Woodbridge, Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, Berkeley College, Columbia Bank, Cultural Arts Commission of Woodbridge, D.B. Kelly Div. #1 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Daniel Harris, Eric Aronowitz Esq., First Presbyterian Church of South Amboy, First Presbyterian Church of Avenel, First Presbyterian Church of Iselin, Garden State Dispensary, Mott MacDonald LLC, Insurance Council of NJ, Investors Bank, Kaufman Zita Group, Larry & Peggy Mayerowitz, Metuchen Democratic Organization, Michael V. Testa, Architect, Michelson Family Foundation, Middlesex County Young Democrats, MMC Contractors, Middlesex County Federation of Democratic Women, Middlesex County Freeholder Ron Rios, Middlesex County Freeholder Shanti Narra, Middlesex County Surrogate Kevin Hoagland, Peter’s Pantry, Princeton Public Affairs Group, Our Lady of Fatima, Princeton Public Affairs Group, Sangria Lounge, Spevack Law Offices, Senator Joseph Vitale, The Club at Woodbridge, State Trooper Fraternal Association, Trinity Episcopal Church of Woodbridge, Venezia and Nolan PC., and Woodbridge Center LLC.
