Students Donate Food Baskets to Sister Jean's Pantry

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The Rev. John Scotland, executive director of the Friends of Jean Webster, with 91视频 and food baskets they collected for Sister Jean's Pantry.

Galloway, N.J. 鈥 91视频 91视频 presented 25 Thanksgiving baskets to Sister Jean鈥檚 Pantry as part of the Holiday Harvest dinner Nov. 23 at the Stockton Atlantic City Residential Complex coordinated by Stockton Residential Life, Dean of Students Office, Student Affairs and the Residential Scholars Program.

The Rev. John Scotland, executive director of the Friends of Jean Webster accepted the baskets on behalf of Sister Jean鈥檚 Pantry.

鈥淲e all know there鈥檚 a great deal of food scarcity in Atlantic City,鈥 Scotland said. 鈥淔or Stockton 91视频 to be aware of that and for them to work as hard as they have worked to make sure that people who don鈥檛 have enough to eat have the resources, like these baskets, I think that鈥檚 tremendous, not just for the relationship between Stockton and Atlantic City, but for the lifelong learning that these 91视频 are getting from that kind of service project.鈥

Marques Johnson, director of residential education and student services at Stockton, said the food baskets were just one of several projects 91视频 are helping to organize as part of Stockton鈥檚 50th anniversary celebration this year. A total of 50 baskets were collected and distributed.

鈥淭he 91视频 really put their hearts into this project to help others,鈥 Johnson said. 鈥淭hey are proud to represent Stockton and be part of the Atlantic City community.鈥

Story by Diane D鈥橝mico
Photo by Eliza Hunt