Chris Cerf, acting Education Commissioner for NJ, said on Wednesday, “you can’t learn if you’re hungry.” In a state with one of the lowest school breakfast program participation rates, Cerf was making an effort to encourage NJ schools to make access easier for kids. And the obstacle is not so much cost–although the state eliminated [...]

Food Bank of South Jersey hosted this year’s Mac Off at the Collingswood Grand Ballroom. It was a classy setting for a class act event that was made possible by all the volunteer and community support received. Almost 1,000 people came out for the event. What started two years ago as a small competition among [...]

Our goal in 2011 was to distribute 9.7 million pounds of food. The hard-working FBSJ staff coupled with the generous support of volunteers & donors enabled us to put out over 10.9 million pounds, surpassing the goal by more than a million pounds! (To put that in perspective, we distributed 9.2 million in 2010) We [...]