CFA in partnership with area hospitals -- Englewood Health, HUMC, Holy Name, Valley Hospital -- to provide restaurant meals to hungry residents.Englewood, NJ (July 2, 2020) – Center for Food Action (CFA) is pleased to announce the launch of the GIVE-A-MEAL Program. Initially funded by...
Bergen County hospitals today asked the public to redirect donations to the Center for Food Action, a move prompted by the hunger pandemic currently unfolding in New Jersey.A combined 150,000+ meals were donated to feed health care teams at Englewood Health, Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical...
Funds will be used to support COVID-19 emergency food and housing relief efforts for families and individuals in northern New JerseyEnglewood, NJ (May 19, 2020) – Center for Food Action (CFA) is pleased to announce a $400,000 charitable contribution from the Oritani Charitable Foundation along...
Funds will be used to support emergency food relief efforts for families and individuals in northern New JerseyEnglewood, NJ (April 14, 2020) – Center for Food Action (CFA) is pleased to announce a charitable contribution from Bramshill Investments, LLC, to help purchase and distribute food...
Funds will be used to nourish thousands of families and individuals in northern New Jersey.Englewood, NJ (April 10, 2020) – Center for Food Action (CFA) is pleased to announce a charitable contribution from the New York Giants to help purchase and distribute food to communities...
March 25, 2020, Englewood, New Jersey—Despite the cold and dreary day, cars arrived at CFA locations and left with food, smiles and friendly, socially-distant waves. In Englewood, Hackensack and Saddle Brook, Center for Food Action resumed distribution, on a reduced schedule, to help residents of...
Center for Food Action Update - March 18, 2020 from Patricia Espy, Executive DirectorGreetings. I hope this finds you and your families well and that you remain safe for the duration of this difficult and stressful time. It seems each hour brings new, often conflicting...
The Maxfield Ostfeld Family to be honored for Child Hunger efforts by food relief organization, Center for Food Action.February 26, 2020 Englewood, New Jersey— The Maxfield Ostfeld Family will be awarded the Center for Food Action Visionary Award in recognition of their ongoing work to...
Englewood NJ – February 26, 2020, Center for Food Action (CFA) announced today that it has appointed Phyllis Brown-Edwards, PB Edwards Consulting; Anthony Fasciano, Restaurateur, Giulio’s Restaurant; Shelley Eleby, Chief Marketing Office, Clearpool; and David M. York, Esq., Novins, York & Jacobus, to its board...
NJ Governor Murphy and volunteers assemble thousands of Weekend Snack Packs to help hungry children as part of MLK Day of Service [gallery columns="4" ids="7885,7886,7887,7888,7889,7890,7891,7892,7893,7894,7895" orderby="rand"]Englewood, NJ –New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joined Center for Food Action today and led hundreds of northern New Jersey residents...
CFA activates hundreds of community volunteers to fight childhood hunger in northern NJ for 9/11 event13% of northern NJ children experience weekend hunger. They rely on school meals for breakfast and lunch during the week and miss meals over the weekend. CFA began the Weekend...
Recently our friends at Hunger Free New Jersey hosted a round-table to discuss federal issues related to reducing hunger, examining ways to fight threats while advancing efforts to ensure all New Jersey residents have healthy food to eat. The event was moderated by celebrity chef...
State and federal officials, emergency food providers and advocates gathered today to discuss federal issues related to reducing hunger, examining ways to fight threats while advancing efforts to ensure all New Jersey residents have healthy food to eat, every single day. U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone and...
More children are receiving summer meals, helping combat childhood hunger, according to a new report by Hunger Free New Jersey. New Jersey communities served up summer meals to more than 103,000 children on an average day in July 2018 through two federal summer meals programs, according...
BY Leah Mishkin, Correspondent, NJTV| May 9, 2019, 4PM ESTCLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEOVolunteers at Center for Food Action’s location in Saddle Brook are bagging emergency kits for people in need of food. Normally, clients come in once a month for groceries. Advocate Grace Brockel says more than...
