“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
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey thanks Walmart for its generous support to help us fight hunger in New Jersey.Walmart grants have helped the FoodBank provide cold storage equipment to 28 of its member agencies, and have supported our SNAP Outreach Program and the Food Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey applauds Morgan Stanley, a company that rolls up its sleeves and works alongside us in helping to fight hunger and poverty. Morgan Stanley employees—individually and in teams—provide more than 1,500 hours of volunteer service to the FoodBank annually. Through a Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey applauds Premio Foods, the maker of fine sausage and a familiar name not only in the meat case of the grocery store but at the check-out counter, too. Premio is the state sponsor of Check-Out Hunger, the annual fundraiser Learn More