“Food stamps are not a hand out,” New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak said. “They’re a hand up.” That opinion was echoed by all at a news conference on March 9, where Sen. Lesniak announced new job programs aimed at helping the state’s most vulnerable. When Gov. Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey applauds The Albertsons Companies, corporate parent of Acme and Safeway in New Jersey. These grocery retailers donated more than 1 million pounds of food to CFBNJ during 2015, through the Retail Gleaning Program and food drives. Through The Albertsons Companies Learn More
The FoodBank returned to the statehouse on Wednesday, Feb. 10, to discuss cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, including the removal of waivers for the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents rule. The press conference, initiated by Senate President Stephen Sweeney, addressed the need for immediate action Learn More
“In New Jersey we have an issue and we need to address it,” said Assembly Chair Valerie V. Huttle. That issue is poverty. Advocates discussed fighting poverty at a Human Services Committee hearing on January 27 at the statehouse in Trenton. It was one of the four Learn More
More than 15 million children in the U.S. are food insecure. Nearly 400,000 of them live in New Jersey. For many of these hungry kids, the food they receive at school is the most they consume all day. Federal nutrition support for children includes the National school Learn More
“These are the faces of hunger in New Jersey,” said Adele La Tourette, Director of the New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition, while pointing at the photos surrounding her. “They look just like you and I.” The Community FoodBank of New Jersey and hunger advocates from state organizations Learn More
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
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
This Thanksgiving season, we thank those who are helping the Community FoodBank of New Jersey meet the need for traditional holiday meals among those we serve. The FoodBank expects to distribute holiday meals to more than 30,000 households this holiday season, including through our member food Learn More
Wakefern Food Corporation, a retailer-owned cooperative that includes ShopRite supermarkets in New Jersey, is a major partner of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Year-round, individual ShopRite stores contribute Partners in Caring funds to the FoodBank and its member hunger-fighting charities, and Wakefern recently made Learn More