In their own words…

…. I started out serving the children a snack that consisted of chips and a cold drink.  One day, one of the children came to me and asked for something else to eat because she was hungry and that they had no food at home…. Without the help of the FoodBank, it would not be possible to give the children the caliber of meals that are now served in our program. 
Mt. Olive Holy Temple Church of God in Christ, Neptune

…. Our church membership is approximately 300 families and our average benevolence each month for the food pantry ministry is $200….  Last year, we gave out 2,688 bags of groceries and fed 3,799 adults and 3,257 children…. 
First Baptist Church, Toms River

…. Our program provides supportive housing to over 56 tenants in Monmouth and self-help services to approximately 40 consumers at the Self-Help Center in Freehold. All of these persons have psychiatric disabilities and are very low-income, with annual incomes less than $9,000/year….
Collaborative Support Programs of NJ, Inc.

 …. Our clients are often working but still not making ends meet.  Others live in motels with children while waiting to find affordable housing.  Some are disabled, elderly or unemployed.

Hope Community Church, Manasquan

…. (We) would have a difficult time helping the people of Bayville, Ocean Gate, and South Toms River were it not for the resource of the FoodBank….These people are mostly single working mothers and what I refer to as the "working poor."  Families that sometime must make the choice between paying the rent or purchasing food.
Carpenter’s Hand Food Pantry, Bayville

…. Approximately 40 of those 100 “families” (we serve) are single senior citizens, with little or no means of support.  The rest of our families all involve children, who might miss a meal without our help….

Howell Emergency Food Pantry

…. I am reminded of a family...we now help on a regular basis….Because I knew she was sick (terminally), I asked her if I could put meat and cartons of milk in her refrigerator.  Her freezer was empty. Her refrigerator had plain macaroni in it as if she and her teenaged daughter….were going to eat it later. I have never seen such an empty kitchen….

Helping Hands, Epiphany Church, Brick

…. Last year, over 1,000 struggling families, single parents, children, senior citizens and displaced members of our community were fed…      Those who come through our doors...are given more than just food. They are given hope, encouragement, prayer, and most importantly, God’s love, which is the power to change.  We see lives transformed, marriages restored, relationships healed, hope instilled, faith ignited and minds renewed, all because we were able to meet a basic need.