Thanks to CFBNJ’s 2025 Network Investment Grants: Fueling Access, Building Capacity, made possible by support from the New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate and the New Jersey Department…
read moreNew Jersey’s five food banks have awarded grants to 17 local food assistance organizations through the collaborative Growing Healthy Pantries initiative. Each organization received up to $20,000 to support choice-focused…
read moreThe third annual Feeding New Jersey Conference, held on Tuesday, June 17th at Rutgers University’s Livingston Student Center, was a collaborative effort organized by New Jersey’s five major food banks:…
read moreKeli Watkins has devoted her entire life to the service of others. “Every single job I’ve ever had since I started working has been in community service,” she shared. She…
read moreThough Cranford is often thought of as a wealthy town, Faith Baptist Church provides food for 100 to 120 food insecure neighbors there each month. Founded in November 2021 when…
read moreIn the coming months, members of the new Unity Health Partnership – a multisector collaborative effort to address the social determinants of health in Bergen County – will open the…
read moreBeron Jewish Older Adult Services (Beron-JOAS), part of the Rosin Senior Center in Atlantic City, has been serving seniors since 1977. Beron-JOAS is a CFBNJ community partner and a Network…
read moreFourteen years ago, Vesta Godwin Clark stood across the street from the St. James Social Service Corp. food pantry in Newark – watching as fire engulfed the second floor. Vesta…
read moreKaren is the passionate, enthusiastic Director of Helping Hands Food Pantry: The Janice Preschel Project in Teaneck. What began as a small pantry seventeen years ago now serves 500-700 families…
read moreNew Hope Community Ministries, one of our dedicated community partners and a CFBNJ Network Investment Grant recipient, has been a pillar of support for the Prospect Park and Haledon communities…
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