International food giant Unilever, headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is a valued partner of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Unilever helps the FoodBank fight hunger and poverty through its financial grants, and teams of Unilever employees frequently volunteer at our warehouse headquarters in Hillside. Unilever Learn More
We are very happy to announce the selection of Debra Vizzi as our new President and Chief Executive Officer, following a nationwide search to replace retiring founder Kathleen DiChiara. Vizzi comes to CFBNJ from VIP Community Services, where she has served as its President since 2009, Learn More
by Diane Riley CFBNJ Director of Advocacy Hunger reached new heights during the economic downturn and unfortunately it remains stubbornly so. Unfortunately children have not been immune to the effects of this trend. Distressingly nearly 1 in 5 children in New Jersey are food insecure. Meaning they Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is proud to receive support from the Summit Area Public Foundation for our food distribution efforts in Summit, New Jersey. The Foundation provides philanthropic assistance to organizations working to meet the needs of the local community in the Summit Learn More
Students come to our Food Service Training Academy from many different backgrounds, and Aflowa Zaza, who joined the 16-week class that began in June, is an example of that. Aflowa came to the U.S. from Liberia some 30 years ago, when her native country was Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is proud to have the support of Bristol-Myers Squibb, based in New Jersey, for our hunger fighting programs in New Brunswick, an area with one of the highest poverty levels in the state. Our Kids Cafe program in New Brunswick serves Learn More
The numbers are in, and CFBNJ distributed 44.6 million pounds of food during the year that ended June 30th, 2015, the most in our history. That is an increase from 40.2 million pounds the previous year, up 11 percent. And that includes another record-setting number: 8.6 million Learn More
Oritani Bank, based in New Jersey and founded over a hundred years ago, is supporting the FoodBank’s hunger fighting programs in Passaic, Hudson and Bergen counties through its charitable division—OritaniBank Charitable Foundation. The Foundation’s generous support is helping the FoodBank provide more food to the Learn More
The Community FoodBank says thank you to the CME Group Community Foundation, which provides grant support for our Fresh Produce Initiative. In this Initiative, a partnership with the non-profit America’s Grow-A-Row in Pittstown, N.J., the FoodBank will receive at least 1 million pounds of fresh Learn More
Right now, with summer here, hundreds of thousands of children in New Jersey face missing out on meals they get at school. Only 18% of children in the state who are eligible to receive free summer meals access the program, leaving more than 300,000 youngsters Learn More
