Free Food & Services

Free Food & Services

Find a food pantry near you and explore the free services that can help you and your family.

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Apply for Food Assistance

Apply for Food Assistance Programs

Get free help applying for Food Assistance Programs and accessing the benefits available to you and your family.

Apply For WIC 

Apply For SNAP

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Job Training

Job Training

Sign up for one of CFBNJ’s free job training programs that can prepare you for a career in the culinary or logistics industries.

 

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Healthy Recipes

Healthy Recipes

Healthy recipes, cooking videos, and tips are all here. Browse through the info provided by our Nutrition Education team to get the most out of your grocery budget without compromising on nutrition.

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Donate

Donate

Learn about all the ways to give a monetary gift, including recurring donations, planned gifts, tributes, and more to CFBNJ to lift up our neighbors.

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Volunteer

Volunteer

Explore the many opportunities to volunteer – whether that is packing food with your company, family, and friends at either our Hillside or Egg Harbor Township locations, distributing healthy food at one of our partners, or making phone calls from the comfort of your home.

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Advocate

Advocate

Take action to support our advocacy efforts that address the root causes of hunger and learn more about how CFBNJ collaborates with legislators.

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Fundraise

Fundraise

Coordinate a virtual or in-person fundraiser with friends, family, or coworkers.

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Donate Food & Goods

Donate Food & Goods

Over one-third of our food is donated by generous supporters like you. Set up a food or special product drive, join our retail food donation program, and more.

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Make a Corporate Donation

Make a Corporate Donation

Manufacturers, retailers, corporations, and small businesses can donate food, funds, and time.

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Events

Events

Attend a CFBNJ event to show your support and meet other like-minded supporters.

Bake For Good

SOUPER Bowl Saturday

24-Hour Pack-a-Thon

Blue Jean Ball

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Youth

Youth

Opportunities for youth engagement includes fundraising, food drives, and service days.

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Sign Up to Volunteer

Sign Up to Volunteer

Sign up to sort and pack food with your company, family, and friends at either our Hillside or Egg Harbor locations.

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Corporate Groups

Corporate Groups

Use your next company outing to give back to your community.

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Special Volunteer Programs

Special Volunteer Programs

View the opportunities available for regular volunteers to level up their participation at CFBNJ.

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Youth

Special Volunteer Programs

Opportunities for youth engagement includes fundraising, food drives, and service days.

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About Us

About Us

Discover how our journey began almost 50 years ago, and how we are committed to ending hunger in New Jersey.

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Our Programs

Learn about what we do to help our neighbors in need.

Learn about what we do to help our neighbors in need.

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How a FoodBank Works

How a FoodBank Works

Understand how food and hygiene supplies get from our two warehouses to your community.

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Leadership

Leadership

Meet our executive leadership team and Board of Directors.

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Annual Report & Financials

Annual Report & Financials

Get a clear picture of our finances, how our programs impact the community, and how it all ties together.

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Careers

Careers

Check out our career opportunities and don’t miss a chance to put your talents to work for a great purpose.

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News & Press

Keep up to date with the latest news about our work to end hunger.

Keep up to date with the latest news about our work to end hunger.

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Our Locations

Locations

We have locations in Hillside and Egg Harbor Township, each with their own events and volunteering opportunities.

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Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan

Explore the roadmap of the future of CFBNJ and how we plan on helping hungry neighbors going forward.

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General FAQ

More specific information about what CFBNJ does and how you can help.

General Questions

  • Our food bank is a storage and distribution system, marshaling resources for over 800 soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, and feeding programs in New Jersey. In addition to distributing food sourced from our generous donors, we also administer supplemental food packaged and supplied by the State and Federal governments. Learn more about how a food bank works.

  • We serve as a champion for addressing root causes of hunger, delivering neighbor-centered solutions and fostering collaborative partnerships across all sectors of society for NJ. Working together with volunteers, donors, and our many partners, we work to provide Food, Help and Hope.

  • CFBNJ is short for Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

  • CFBNJ is more than just a food bank. We are also the largest anti-poverty organization in New Jersey, with a variety of programs addressing the various causes of hunger to augment our work to end hunger. Our Resource Access team assists our neighbors with SNAP benefits (formerly food stamps) and LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) information, while NJ SNAP-Ed provides nutrition and physical education and well-being for our neighbors. Our Diaper Program and Period Initiative provide additional services that help our community partners assist their neighbors, and our job training programs provide crucial job training for culinary and office jobs.

  • You can use this map to get driving directions to CFBNJ in Hillside or in Egg Harbor Township.

    Public Transit: Please go to NJTransit.com to find out the best way to get to CFBNJ from your location. The #59, #65 and #66 NJ Transit bus routes all have stops near our Hillside warehouse.

  • Our Hillside location is not a food pantry, but can use our Find Help page to locate nearby food pantries and soup kitchens. However, our Egg Harbor Township location does have food pantry hours, and they are as follows:

    • Sundays & Mondays: Closed
    • Tuesdays – Fridays: 1 – 4 PM
    • Saturdays: 9 AM – 1 PM
  • We are always looking for passionate individuals to perform the meaningful work addressing hunger and helping to change the lives of those in need. You can find CFBNJ job listings here.

  • If you would like your 501(c)(3) organization to become a CFBNJ network partner, your food pantry, soup kitchen or shelter must meet specific eligibility criteria. Learn more about becoming a network partner, then call us at (908) 355-3663 and ask for Network Relations.

Find Help

  • We can help you find the closest food pantry or soup kitchen right on our Find Help page. Enter your ZIP code and select a mile radius for a map with locations of food pantries.

  • We can pre-screen you for SNAP benefits (formerly food stamps) in NJ. Call CFBNJ’s Resource Access Team now at (908) 838-4831 to talk to an expert who can help you with this process and answer questions about your EBT card.

  • You can apply for SNAP online through the New Jersey website. You can also call us for assistance at (908) 838-4831 or read our walkthrough of how to apply for SNAP in New Jersey.

  • CFBNJ currently has two job training programs – one for warehouse work and one for culinary training. Both programs offer critical certifications for careers in these fields, a transit stipend, and more.

Fundraising

  • You can make an online donation or donate through the mail.

  • You can mail a check to our Hillside location:  31 Evans Terminal Hillside, NJ 07205 . Please make checks payable to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

  • Some employers offer to match your gift to CFBNJ. We encourage you to use our website to see if your company matches donations.

  • Planned giving is a meaningful way for someone to leave a legacy of their beliefs and support a cause. Philanthropic giving can provide a lifelong income or provide for charity and other heirs in ways that maximize the impact and minimize costs and taxes. Find out more about planned giving.

  • A donor advised fund, which is a charitable savings account, gives you the flexibility to recommend how much and how often money is granted to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. You can recommend a grant or recurring grants now to make an immediate impact or use your fund as a tool for future charitable gifts. Find out more about donor advised funds.

  • The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. To claim a donation as a deduction on your U.S. taxes, please keep your donation receipt as your official record.

  • CFBNJ’s tax ID number is 222 423 882. The Community FoodBank of New Jersey is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity.

  • Yes, we use industry-standard SSL technology to keep your information secure. We partner with Stripe, the industry’s established payment provider trusted by some of the world’s largest companies. Your sensitive financial information never touches our servers. We send all data directly to Stripe’s PCI-compliant servers through SSL.

  • If you donate to CFBNJ online, you will receive an acknowledgement email right away. That email can be used for tax purposes. If you donate by mail, you will receive a letter within 10 days. If you need a consolidated tax receipt for multiple donations, please call our Donor Services team at (908) 355-3663.

  • You can donate to CFBNJ by phone by calling us at (908) 355-3663.

  • To become a monthly donor, click the Donate button to the right, and then click the ❤Monthly tab

  • If you need to change your credit card information or want to adjust your payment, please call our Donor Services team at (908) 355-3663. If your donation is processed online, you can visit your Donor Portal for further instructions.

  • This is a thoughtful and impactful gift that is growing in popularity. Donate to CFBNJ in honor of a loved one now by clicking “give in honor or memory” underneath the form.

  • If you don’t want to receive mail from CFBNJ anymore, call us at (908) 355-3663 and we will take you off our mailing list. Please note that because of long lead times with our mailings, it can take up to two months to be removed from our list.

  • To unsubscribe from our emails, please go to the bottom of the last email you received and click “Manage Preferences.” You can also call our Donor Services team at (908) 355-3663.

Events

  • Visit our fundraising page to set up your personalized fundraiser. Our Event Toolkit and Online Fundraiser User Guide are available to help you through the steps of setting everything up.

  • Visit our fundraising page to start your personalized virtual food drive. Our Event Toolkit and Online Fundraiser User Guide are available to help you through the steps of setting it up.

  • You can register your food drive online. There, you will find a list of our Most Wanted Food Items Flyer and our Event Toolkit, which will guide you through the steps of setting up your food drive.

  • Deliver your donations to one of CFBNJ’s locations during the following hours…

  • We can pick up food donations of 1,000 pounds or more. Please notify us at least two weeks in advance. Contact our Hillside team if you are nearest that location, or our Egg Harbor Township team if you are in that area. If you require pickup for a food donation of under 1,000 pounds, please reach out to your local food pantry or soup kitchen or call our Food Sourcing department at (908) 355-3663 so we can provide a list of places that will pick up your donation.

  • All cash and check donations need to be sent/delivered to CFBNJ. Make all checks out to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Write down the event name on the memo line if applicable.

    MAIL CHECKS TO: Community FoodBank of New Jersey 31 Evans Terminal Hillside, NJ 07205
    ATTN: Evelyn Chiu (Add event name to Memo)

Volunteers

  • You can sign up for a volunteer shift for our Hillside or Egg Harbor Township locations online. Please check out our volunteer page for more information about age requirements, things you‘ll be working on, and forms you’ll need to bring with you.

  • Volunteer shifts at CFBNJ can be anything from assembling our emergency food boxes, packing bulk items into family-sized bags, and sorting and repacking food items. We also offer data entry and office work volunteer shifts.

  • We welcome groups and offer that option when you sign up to volunteer on our website. There are a few things that group leaders need to keep in mind: please be sure to distribute warehouse guidelines to everyone in the group, and that volunteer groups with teens age 14 through 16 must be accompanied by one adult for every 10 teens. Adults must stay with their groups in their assigned work areas. The CFBNJ staff cannot act as chaperones or supervisors.

  • Our Hillside location has a minimum age of 14 years old, with adult supervision. Teens aged 16-17 may volunteer without adult supervision, if they have written permission from their parents on file. Our Egg Harbor Township location cannot accommodate volunteers under 18 at this time.

Donating Food to CFBNJ

  • We are always in need of the following items. Please do not donate any perishable food, or items in glass packaging.

    • Canned tuna, canned salmon, canned chicken
    • Shelf stable milk
    • Pasta
    • Instant potatoes
    • Rice
    • Cereal
    • Boxed macaroni and cheese
    • Canned soups
    • Canned chili
    • Canned spaghetti and meatballs
    • Almond butter, sun butter, jelly (plastic jars only)
    • Canned green beans
    • Canned carrots
    • Canned mixed fruit
    • Canned pineapples
    • Diapers and feminine hygiene products
  • Individuals may sign up for a volunteer shift for our Hillside or Egg Harbor Township locations online. Please check out our volunteer page for more information about age requirements, things you‘ll be working on, and forms you’ll need to bring with you.

  • Yes, we accept food donations to our Hillside and Egg Harbor Township locations.

  • If you’re interested in donating food, diapers, or feminine hygiene products  directly to CFBNJ, please go to one of our locations during the following hours…

  • If you are a retailer looking to donate extra food, please call us at (908) 355-3663 and ask for Food Sourcing.

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