On Thursday morning, July 7, the Hunger Foundation Of Southern Ocean distributed checks totaling $90,500 to nine food pantries that serve the hungry of Southern Ocean County at a meeting at the offices of Stockton University at Manahawkin.

HFOSO is a local, all volunteer nonprofit organization with a mission to support local food pantries as they assist the area’s residents with their basic food needs, and to help educate the public of the basic food needs of individuals and families in the…