The children and staff at the Richard F. Blake Children’s Center held a successful food drive to benefit the Morris Interfaith Food Pantry. The Blake Center collected 280 pounds of non-perishable food and delivered it to the Food Pantry this week.
The Blake Center is part of the Greater Morristown YMCA, which has a tradition of collaboration with the Interfaith Food Pantry, located in nearby Morris Plains.
This marked the second annual food drive held at the Blake Center, which provides child care and early childhood education for children ages six weeks to six years. The food collected will be used to fill Thanksgiving baskets that will be donated to families in Morris County. The children were actively involved in the process, which taught them the importance of helping others in their community. The preschoolers were also able to practice their math skills by counting and sorting the donated food items that were delivered to the pantry.
