Donate To Bayshore Pharmacy's Thanksgiving Food Drive

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ — Bayshore Pharmacy Cards and Gifts will once again hold their Thanksgiving food drive.

Bayshore Pharmacy is a second-generation, family-owned pharmacy and gift shop located in the Foodtown shopping plaza in Atlantic Highlands.

Their food drive runs through this Sunday, November 15. They are asking the public to drop off non-perishable food items in a donation box inside the store during regular business hours.

Monetary donations are also welcome.

The pharmacy partnered with the Area Association of Community Churches (AACC) Food Pantry to distribute the food and cash to local families in need this Thanksgiving.

"Bayshore Pharmacy has sponsored a food pantry drive for many years," said Richard Stryker, R.Ph., the owner of Bayshore Pharmacy. "We are happy to do our part to support our community during the holiday season — especially because hunger has no season."

Stryker's father and uncle started Bayshore Pharmacy, and he took the business over.

“Growing up in Atlantic Highlands, I had the opportunity to watch my Dad and uncle speak directly to patients and physicians," he previously recalled. "I watched patients thank them for discussing problems with their drug therapies and finding ways to work with them when they couldn’t afford their medication ... Today, we provide those same interactions with our patients that I saw growing up.”

The AACC Food Pantry is housed in the basement of the United Methodist Church of Atlantic Highlands (96 Third Avenue). The pantry serves residents in need across Atlantic Highlands, Highlands and Navesink, with distribution hours every Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon and 5 - 7 p.m. Simply show up there at those times if you need food.