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Most needed items are:
(no glass containers please!)
Nonperishable:
Ready-to-eat canned meals
Canned Tuna
Canned Fruits
Canned Vegetables
Instant Potatoes
Canned and Dry Soup
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Canned Pork and Beans
Canned Juices
Sip-size Juices
Hot and Cold Cereal
Perishable:
Canned or fresh hams
Frozen turkeys
For
every $1 donated, the FoodBank
can
provide up to 5 meals, or distribute
up
to 7 pounds of food for needy families |
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Hunger Facts:
Did You Know that..
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Over 100,000
people in Monmouth and Ocean Counties live on incomes that put them at
risk of going hungry? |
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Out of every five
people that receive emergency food from a food pantry, two are
children? |
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Last year, the FoodBank gave 3.4 million pounds of food to people
in need through 270 pantries, soup kitchens and other food programs in
our two counties. |
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