We welcome donations of time, passion and heart.
Here are the answers to a few common questions:
Center for Food Action, founded in 1976, is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization that provides emergency services to northern New Jersey’s poorest and most vulnerable residents. CFA provides groceries, housing, utility, and heating assistance and offers counseling and advocacy services to low-income individuals and families. CFA is headquartered in Englewood and has sites in Hackensack, Mahwah, Saddle Brook and Ringwood. In 2014, at the request of Bergen Community College, CFA opened a site on BCC’s Paramus campus in order to serve low-income students and their families.
Volunteer positions include outdoor food distribution, packing emergency food boxes, working in the organic garden, general warehouse work and administrative tasks.