During National Community Foundation Week, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation is drawing attention to food insecurity in the region. Join us and help our neighbors.
What can you do? 1) Find a food pantry near you to donate food on Ample Harvest.org's online database: https://ampleharvest.org/find-food/
2) Replenish dwindling supplies of food .
The Bergen County Food Security Task Force's handy reference list shows on a map some of the active emergency food providers in Bergen County at bit.ly/32IBmKA
3) Check these food pantries in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union Counties:• The Food Brigade, www.foodbrigade.org, Bergen • Bessie Green Community, www.bessiegreen.org
Essex• St. James Social Service Corporation, www.stjamesssc.org, Essex• All Saints Community Service and Development Corporation Jubilee Center of Hoboken, 201-792-0340, Hudson• Hoboken Family Alliance, www.hobokenfamily.org, Hudson• CUMACECHO, Inc. CUMAC: Feeding People and Changing Lives, www.cumac.org. Passaic• Jewish Family Service and Children's Center of Clifton-Passaic, Inc., https://jfsclifton.org/
Passaic• Paterson Task Force (PTF) for Community Action Incorporated, Inc., www.patersontaskforcenj.com
Passaic• Homefirst Interfaith Housing & Family Services, Inc., www.homefirstinc.org, Union• St. Joseph Social Service Center, http://sjeliz.org/ Union
Learn more about the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's work in its focus areas: arts, civic engagement, education, the environment, philanthropy and public health at www.nnjcf.org
.Contact us to get involved: nnjcf[at]nnjcf.org
Council on Foundations Council of New Jersey Grant makers
New Jersey Center for Nonprofits
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