Food Banks of New Jersey

An initiative of New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station and
Rutgers Cooperative Extension

FOOD BANKS OF NEW JERSEY

Company Name	Address	Contact Information	Types of Food Residuals Accepted	Pickup?	Service Area
Community Food Bank	31 Evans Terminal Road Hillside, NJ 07205	Meara Nigro Phone: (908) 355-FOOD (3663) Fax: (908) 355-0270 Website: www.njfoodbank.org/main/	-Foods donated prior to consumption -products which will not be sold; food may be dry, refrigerated, or frozen	Yes	12 counties in Northern NJ
Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties	3300 Rt. 66 Neptune Twp., NJ 07753	Susan Kelly, Executive Director Phone: 732-974-2265 Fax: 732-974-2267 Website: www.foodbankmoc.org Email: main@foodbankmoc.org	-All frozen, refrigerated, close to code, reclamation, shelf stable, fresh produce. -Includes appropriately handled restaurant, food service, catering food: Call for details. -No pet food.	Yes	Monmouth and Ocean Counties
Food Bank of South Jersey	1501 John Tipton Blvd. Pennsauken, NJ 08109	Bedzaida (Betty) Mendez Phone: (856) 662-4884 Fax: (856) 662-4489 Email: bmendez@foodbanksj.org Website: www.foodbanksj.org	-Any edible food item, frozen, fresh, canned, packaged -No restaurant or catering food (or other similar prepared or already-handled food products)	Yes	Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, and Salem Counties
Mercer Street Friends	1321 Brunswick Ave. Lawrenceville, NJ 08648	Phyllis Stoolmacher Phone: (609) 396-1506 Fax: (609) 392-8363 Website: www.mercerstreetfriends.org	-Fresh, frozen, and non-perishable food -Produce	Yes, for small loads	Mercer county
NJ Farmers Against Hunger	New Jersey Department of Agriculture P.O. Box 331 Trenton, NJ 08625	Judy Grignon, Program Director Phone: 609-462-0691 Email: Alyson.Smith@ag.state.nj.us Website: www.state.nj.us/agriculture/agsociety/fahdetail.htm	-Fresh produce -Gleaning events at farms across the state in which volunteers collect leftover produce	Yes	Statewide
NORWESCAP	201 North Broad Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865	Pattie Apgar, Director Phone: (908) 454-4322 Fax: (908) 454-2030 Email: foodbank@norwescap.org Website: www.norwescap.org/foodbank/	-Any edible food item, frozen, fresh, canned, packaged; venison donated by hunters -No restaurant overruns, etc. -Ingredient list required for acceptance	Yes	Sussex, Warren, and Hunterdon Counties
Tri-County Cap	110 Cohansey Street Bridgeton, NJ 08302	Phone: (856) 451-6330 ext. 211

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