Winter Meals Program Begins Saturday

Young boy drinks a cup of hot chocolate last year at Freehold's First Presbyterian Church

The annual sanctuary program, which provides free meals during the winter months, will begin again this Saturday.

Breakfast and lunch will be offered from 7 a.m. to noon every Saturday through March in Freehold, courtesy of the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey's Monmouth County chapter and a coalition of area religious organizations.

Meals will be served the first five Saturdays at the First Presbyterian Church, 118 W. Main Street. The program will then move to the Reformed Church of Freehold at 67 W. Main Street, where it will continue until March 13.

Despite a $2,500 donation from the Graeme Preston Foundation for Life, organizers say contributions are still welcome. They can be sent to the I Beseech Thee Community Development Corporation at: 133 Throckmorton Street, Freehold NJ 07728

Anyone interested in volunteering can contact program co-chair Sandra Whitehill at (732) 863-7395.