FBSJ employees had big news at December’s staff meeting. The William Rohrer Charitable Foundation plans to award the food bank a generous amount of money. With this funding, construction to double the warehouse & expand our facilities is scheduled to begin sometime in the first quarter of 2012. The whole process is projected to occur over 15 months.

Thanks to coverage of CEO Val Traore’s press conference declaring the shortage this fall, coupled with concentrated effort from FBSJ agencies to deliver paper plate messages & make phone calls to NJ government, Governors Corbett & Christie decided to recommend the release of controversial Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) funds promised to the Food Bank of South Jersey. Now the DRPA finance committee has made the same recommendation that $2 million be allocated to the FBSJ. The DRPA board is scheduled to have a vote on the subject in December 14th, and the FBSJ is waiting to hear the decision on funds that would be enormously helpful to its mission. (Read More)

The Food Bank of South Jersey also wants to thank the south Jersey community members who rallied to donate food and money in response to our announcement of hard times even here. We are working hard to provide as much food and service as possible, shortfall or not.

Pounds distributed in November 2012: 949,000
Pounds distributed YTD: 10.29 million
Pounds received in November 2012: 1.1 million
Pounds received YTD: 10 million

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