ELIZABETH---In the first of several community service projects for the spring semester, the Kean football team volunteered at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey on February 19. The 16 student-athletes and three coaches spent several hours at the Community FoodBank distribution center sorting and packing boxes of food and household goods. 

Under fourth-year head coach Dan Garrett, the Cougars have volunteered at the FoodBank in each of the last four years.

The FoodBank distributes over 23 million pounds of food and groceries a year, ultimately serving 1,656 non-profit programs including 436 programs served by its Partner Distribution Organizations (PDOs). Through their combined efforts, they assist three-quarters of a million low-income people in 18 of New Jersey's 21 counties.