Brick Township council members this week approved a cost-free lease in Civic Plaza, a township-owned strip mall on Chambers Bridge Road, to an organization that plans to open a storefront to distribute clothing and hygienic items to people in need.
Earlier this month, the council introduced an ordinance that would provide for a one-year lease to “Choose Love Celebrate Life,” known by its acronym “CLCL,” that would operate a storefront called “Community Threads” at the location at 270 Chambers Bridge Road. It will be located in the space which formerly housed the Brick Community Children’s Theater group before it moved to its new home on Mantoloking Road.
The organization’s website explains that its goal is to provide clothing and other items to children so that they can avoid becoming the subject to parental neglect complaints if they are found to be lacking appropriate clothing for the season, or other items in their home, such as hygiene products. But this week, at a public hearing on the granting of the lease, a representative from the organization said the store would also serve other populations in need, including senior citizens, and potentially work with the county’s Meals on Wheels program.