Volunteers from Congregation Or Sholom in Orange helped make the first annual “Pop The Trunk” food drive on Sunday, Dec. 6 a huge success. Organized by the Orange Clergy Thanksgiving Appeal and held at the High Plains Community Center, the drive-by event collected donations of food and paper goods for the Orange Food Pantry. Volunteers from Or Sholom and other organizations helped unload cars overflowing with canned fruits, vegetables and tuna, boxes of cereal, pasta and rice, jars of peanut butter and jam and huge quantities of toilet paper and paper towels. Some of the volunteers reportedly arrived with wheel barrows, which came in handy!  

“This outpouring of love in the form of literally thousands of pounds of food will make such a big difference to our families in need!” exclaimed Denise Stein, director of the Orange Food Pantry, who said that many local families are facing a difficult winter owing to the high unemployment rate brought about by the Covid pandemic.“Thank you to all who supported this successful event, and thank you to our town’s clergy!” she added.

Main Photo: Jonathan Glassman, Or Sholom member and assistant executive/COO of Boy Scouts of America, supervises Boy Scouts Seth Glassman (left) and Logan Turey (right) as they carry donated food items into the community center.