The community came through again to help feed its neighbors by buying more than $50,000 in 50/50 raffle tickets in this spring’s fundraiser for food banks by the Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean. That brought donations in 2021 to $90,000 to be given to area food pantries in a year of heightened need.

The announcement was made during a drawing April 22 at The Mainland Holiday Inn in Manahawkin. The success was another example of a fundraiser during the pandemic that when promoted mainly online…