Ocean City Seeks Food Donations for "Faith and Blue Weekend"

The Ocean City Police Department and the Ocean City Ecumenical Council are seeking donations of food and supplies on Friday, Oct. 7, as part of a nationwide program called "Faith and Blue Weekend." Faith and Blue is an organization whose goal is to connect law enforcement agencies and local faith-based communities. The weekend is being celebrated nationwide from Oct. 7 to Oct. 10. The Ocean City event is called, "Fill the Truck for People Down on Their Luck." Due to the large number of churches and different denominations in Ocean City, OCPD chose to work with the Ocean City Ecumenical Council, which runs a food and clothing cupboards that are shared and accessible by all churches in Ocean City. The Food Cupboard provides food/supplies to more than 2,400 people each year. The Faith and Blue event is aimed at helping stock the food cupboard for the upcoming holiday season. Ocean City will park a police pickup truck in front of the Acmes at Eighth Street and 34th Street, and at Eighth Street and Central Avenue on the east side of St. Peter's United Methodist Church. This is the first year that Ocean City is participating in the event. All participating police departments across the country are doing different events unique to their community.