POP/ROCK - Jan. 19, 1988
A Newark, N.J., organization that collects food for the poor says it has had a celebrity working quietly on its loading docks for the past two years. The Community Food Bank of New Jersey says Bruce Springsteen has worked at its Newark warehouse as a volunteer without telling other workers his name unless they asked. Executive Director Kathleen DiChiara says Springsteen has loaded crates of food, driven tractor-trailers and directed traffic. Springsteen, who lives near Rumson, has a long history of donating money and recently sent the food bank a check for $50,000. The organization kept mum about the donation until Springsteen approved an announcement.
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