Make a Special Gift 2020 marks the Community FoodBank of New Jersey's 45th year of delivering food, help and hope to our state's neighbors in need. We've grown from a one-woman operation in the back of a station wagon to New Jersey’s largest anti-hunger organization, fueling Learn More
We're proud of our rich 45-year history of accomplishments! From 1975 to 2020, take a look at how we came to be the state's lead anti-hunger organization, delivering food, help, and hope to countless neighbors in need. 1975 Kathleen DiChiara sees need in the community and begins Learn More
In reflecting on the Community FoodBank of New Jersey's 45-year history, current FoodBank President & CEO Carlos Rodriguez sat down with our Founder, Kathleen DiChiara, and long-time food banker Cathy McCann to get their perspective of hunger in New Jersey and to learn more about Learn More
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Help Neighbors Like Richard Now working towards fulfilling careers in the culinary field, some of our Food Service Training Academy students were once neighbors in need. Richard is one such student who grew up in a family that visited food pantries to help put meals on Learn More
Help Neighbors Like Michelle Michelle and her husband live on a fixed income and visit the FoodBank’s Community Assistance Pantry at our Egg Harbor Township location for supplemental food each month. They are two of many in need in South Jersey, which has some of the Learn More
Our 2018 turkey drive was incredibly successful! Thanks to the support of FoodBank staff, volunteers, local agencies, corporate partners and community members, we collected… Learn More
Donate As the holidays grow closer, hunger hurts even more for the nearly 900,000 New Jersey neighbors who may not be able to provide holiday meals for their families. The FoodBank and its network of partner agencies, donors, and volunteers work together this time of year to provide Learn More
On November 6, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey held its first large-scale turkey distribution of the 2019 holiday season in Plainfield to enable our partner food panties and soup kitchens to pick up Thanksgiving turkeys and roasters for the hungry neighbors in their communities. Throughout the morning, nine agencies from Plainfield received about 1,200 turkeys and roasters with the help of Plainfield’s Learn More
Help us ensure every New Jersey family has what they need for a special Thanksgiving meal. Join us at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey's 19th annual Turkey Drive! Last year, we gathered nearly 58,000 pounds of food and about 4,600 turkeys for our neighbors in need. Let's Learn More