Keli 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…
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Though 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…
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In 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…
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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…
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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…
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Karen 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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…
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