Continuing a tradition that stretches back to George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh, musicians who came to the Morristown Green on Sunday used rock and roll to wage war on hunger.
You Choose, the Folkadelics and the Adam Ezra Group from Boston provided the music, and area residents donated between 300- and 400-pounds of food, estimated Lynn Seymour of the Interfaith Food Pantry.
The event was pulled together by College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving, an East Hanover-based moving company, and Move for Hunger, a Neptune nonprofit that collects nonperishable foods left behind by people who are moving.
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“Our mission is to build leaders,” said Hunks owner Stephen Bienko, a Delbarton grad with ties to Morristown: His father brought GMC to White’s Pharmacy and his mother owned Annie’s Cards and Gifts on South Street, he said.
“It’s just great to see people come out on a busy Sunday and drop off food,” said Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty, whose office furnished logistical help to event organizers. “It benefits so many people who don’t have enough to eat.”
“It’s amazing,” Lynn Seymour said of the donations. The food pantry distributes nearly 700,000 pounds of food annually across Morris County, she said.
College Hunks Hauling Junk is part of Move for Hunger’s network of companies that collect unwanted food from people who are moving.
