This was definitely an Epic Weekend In Pictures I won't be forgetting anytime soon. I was able to pack plenty of summer fun into the weekend. This weekend we will start Friday night when after an action packed day at work, I ended up with success grilling both garlic shrimp and Cape Cod Cafe Pepperoni Pizza. I do give myself a 95 on the pizza, because one slice I honestly burnt too much trying to make it perfectly well done. Overall another fun Friday night grilling adventure for me.

Saturday morning I was able to swing by and fuel up for our fun work event at Granny's on 23 in Hamburg. I stuck to the basics, scrambled eggs, bacon, toast. I skipped the homefries because I didn't want to get too filled up and feel like a blimp running around at our Summer Stuff The Bus. When I got there we knew it was going to be hot outside. The volunteers were all in terrific spirits despite the hot weather. ShopRite Of Sussex was definitely getting a strong response. Steve Andrews was fantastic kicking our event off first thing Saturday morning. It was great to see street teamers Brendan and Tati, plus 103.7 NNJ Morning Host and 106.3 The Bear afternoon host Borasio. We then received a nice donation and even better surprise seeing our morning Traffic Reporter Bob Williams. It was so much fun running into old friends and meeting several new ones too. We don't have totals yet, but we filled at least 8 grocery carriages and raised a few hundred dollars. As I proudly say on the radio, because The Sussex County Division Of Social Services Food Pantry buys in bulk through food banks, for every one dollar we collect they can purchase at least 5 pounds of food! When we say every little bit helps, we mean that literally! We know hunger never takes a vacation. Our summer Stuff The Bus local food drive helps families right here in Sussex County, which is especially important once school is out for summer and kids lose those food program sources that help them not starve during the school year. I know our summer totals won't be as many thousands of pounds we collect during our November annual Stuff The Bus, but this is still very important. Every March we do our Backpack Snacks For Kids so kids who rely on these school programs for food don't go hungry on weekends while their parents are hard at work.

Steve Allan

Steve Allan