[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our network partners’ connection to the community gives voice to our neighbors’ needs. Learning more about our partner pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens through feedback loops helps us to understand what to prioritize and where to focus our resources. Take a look at the results Learn More
Beron 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 Investment grant recipient. To add to its existing food assistance services, which include a soup Learn More
Fourteen 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 – the executive director – had made sure her staff got out safely. And now she Learn More
New 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 since 2015, offering professional counseling, immigration clinics, youth programs, food distributions, and more to over Learn More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On May 4th, the Single Use Plastic Bag Ban took effect. This legislation prohibits the distribution of single use plastic bags in the state of New Jersey. Food assistance organizations, like the Community FoodBank of New Jersey and our network partners (food pantries, soup kitchens, Learn More
Argetina Aquino is the Parent Liaison at First Avenue School in Newark. Affectionately called Miss Aquino by parents and kids alike, she has administered CFBNJ's Family Pack program at the school for nearly two years. Miss Aquino notes that the program has improved the health Learn More
For more than fifty years, the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City has been a mainstay for South Jersey parents and children. The organization provides afterschool activities, nutritious meals, and workforce development programming. It is also a grant recipient through CFBNJ’s Network Investment Initiative. With Learn More
Founded in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Food Brigade provides prepared meals, as well as fresh and packaged foods, to neighbors in need in Bergen County. The organization is a relatively new CFBNJ community partner and a grant recipient through our Learn More
Part of a coalition of Passaic County organizations that provides residents with access to childcare, child welfare services, housing, mental health services, and food, the Boys & Girls Club of Passaic and Paterson is a crucial partner of CFBNJ. Over the course of the pandemic, they have distributed emergency meal kits Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ), Mercer Street Friends, and NORWESCAP announced the selection of 292 partner food pantries, soup kitchens, and other local food assistance charities across 18 counties to receive grants through a $3.5 million investment in network capacity. Awards ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 were given to help community organizations sustain their Learn More