65-year-old Miriam is a familiar face at the Franklin Township Food Bank in Somerset, where she volunteers several times a month. She takes her time with each pantry visitor, helping them carefully and with kindness. She has good reason to understand their struggles, because she’s Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is proud to partner with the Ocean City Home Bank for our food distribution efforts in Atlantic County. Through its Ocean City Home Charitable Foundation the Bank is providing support to the FoodBank’s Egg Harbor branch, to help supply Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is gratified to have the partnership of The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey in meeting the need for food among some of our neighbors in need. The Healthcare Foundation generously supports the FoodBank’s Pediatric Pantry at Newark Beth Israel Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is proud to have the support of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. Through its BTMU Foundation, it supports our Retail Gleaning Program, which helps to increase the availability of fresh produce and other nutritious foods for CFBNJ’s hunger-relief programs serving Learn More
Thanks for joining us at our 2015 Chance Auction! Make sure not to miss it this year, as our 2016 event is sure to be better than ever. Learn more about what to expect on Sunday, April 10, here. We hope to see you at The Carriage House for Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is grateful and proud to have the longtime support of Prudential Financial, based in Newark. In addition to generous annual financial donations for the FoodBank’s workforce development program, the Food Service Training Academy, Prudential has participated in both of Learn More
We’re pleased to share a bright light in this dreary winter. A new report shows more people in New Jersey are receiving the critical benefits they need to help put food on the table. It is good news for the more than one million New Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey thanks the Provident Bank Foundation for its partnership in fighting hunger in Union, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic and Somerset counties. Provident Bank’s generous support is helping the FoodBank provide more food to hungry people in New Jersey, Learn More
The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is fortunate to have the partnership of the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company. Many Stop & Shop stores in North Jersey participate in CFBNJ’s Retail Gleaning Program, allowing us to regularly obtain nutritious donated food. This food is then Learn More
Throughout her many years as leader of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Kathleen DiChiara has worked to keep the spotlight on the issue of hunger, the people we serve, and all those who make what we do possible. But right now, we’re turning our attention Learn More