It’s commonplace to buy more groceries than are actually consumed during a vacation, and not everyone can, or wants to, take the excess food back home. This summer, the Long Beach Island Joint Council of Taxpayers Associations launched an initiative, in partnership with local real estate agencies, to reduce food waste and help direct leftover, unopened nonperishables to those in need in the Long Beach Island area.
The program is simple: Before departing the Island, renters or second homeowners can drop off items – such as canned…
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