Low-income individuals often need to make tough choices. Should they pay the electricity bill this month? Or, should they purchase food? The White House Council of Economic Advisers just took a comprehensive look at the country’s largest form of hunger support – the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Learn More
Hunger is regularly addressed as a global issue. But it also affects people on a local scale. Human Rights Day – Dec. 10 – commemorates the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The document lists the “rights inherent Learn More
Thank you to the Abbott Fund of Abbott Laboratories for partnering with the FoodBank to help feed low-income families in New Jersey. Abbott Labs, a longtime supporter of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey’s BackPack Program for feeding schoolchildren, is helping us to launch an Learn More
While stocking up on gifts this holiday season, remember that 1 in 5 children in New Jersey is hungry. These kids – nearly 400,000 of them – do not put the newest toys at the top of their wish lists; they merely want the security of Learn More
Keep an eye out for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey’s Comcast Spotlight videos. Several South Jersey businesses are sponsoring the coverage this holiday season, helping to spread awareness about hunger in the state. In New Jersey, 1.1 million people are food insecure. Of those, nearly 400,000 Learn More