Community Foodbank of NJ

Another Successful Health Fair!
Over the past three years, CFBNJ has participated in UMDNJ Community- Orientated Primary Care Summer Assistantship Program. As a community partner, CFBNJ provides medical and other health related professional students a community based service learning opportunity. This year another successful Health Fair was coordinated by two summer interns, Charlsie Celestine, West Virginia University School of Medicine and Christine SanGiovanni, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Sharonda McKinney-Brown, Agency Relations Director serves as site supervisor for the students. Over 200 people were in attendance, with over 35 health care providers, services included free health screenings and information on preventive health care for children and adults along with other valuable community resources.

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10.22.08

The Pampered Chef®

Couldn’t make it to our Pampered Chef party on October 1st? You can still make a difference and treat yourself or a friend by ordering on-line at www.pamperedchef.biz/missmolly. Just click on “order products” and type Community FoodBank of NJ for the organization. By rounding your purchases to the next dollar or more, you will be contributing to the Community FoodBank through Feeding America’s (formerly Americas Second Harvest) Round-Up From the Heartâ program. The Pampered Chef has generated more than $12 million in donations to Feeding America and its affiliated food banks since 1991.

Host a House Party!
Most of us find it difficult to believe that there are those in our community who are hungry. By opening your home to a group of your friends and neighbors, you can help the Community FoodBank of New Jersey raise awareness about the issue of hunger in our backyard. A staff member will lead a discussion on what we are doing to combat hunger and poverty and refreshments, prepared by our Food Service Training Academy students, will be provided. If you would be interested in being a part of this important initiative, please contact Natalie Ottaiano, 908-355-3663, ext. 252.

Raise Your Voice Against Hunger

Join friends of the FoodBank to commemorate Hunger Action Month in song. On Tuesday, September 23 from 6 pm to 8 pm, “Souls of Integrity” and other local choirs will be raising their voices against hunger. While listening, you and your family can do your part by participating in hands-on activities that will help get food to those in need. For more information, contact Larry Imboden at 908-355-3663, ext. 245 or at limboden@njfoodbank.org.

Did You Know...

One out of every five New Jersey families does not earn enough to afford the basic necessities – housing, food and child care – although 85 percent of these households have at least one family member who is working. Only 6 percent of them receive welfare.
Over 738,900 people in New Jersey live at or below the federal poverty level. There are 1.6 million people in the state who are counted among the working poor (below 185% of the federal poverty level).
The official federal poverty level for a family of four in 2008 is $21,200 a year.
Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year, the highest level since the aid program began in the 1960s.