FDU, Feeding America and Community FoodBank of New Jersey Launch 2024 Holiday Food Drive

November 7, 2024 – Fairleigh Dickinson University’s School of Public & Global Affairs, Feeding America and the Community Food Bank of New Jersey are sponsoring their 6th Annual Holiday Food Drive to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

Donors can make contributions through January 4, 2025 online at https://give.cfbnj.org/campaign/fdu-holiday-charity-virtual-food-drive-2024/c633972

100% of the proceeds will benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. 

Since 2019, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s School of Public & Global Affairs, Feeding America and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) partnered with local municipalities throughout New Jersey for the several food drives which have raised over $50,000 and collected over 5000 pounds of food. 100% of the proceeds have benefited the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. 

For more information, please contact cgettinger@fdu.edu or Leah Galamba, Community Outreach Specialist, lgalamba@cfbnj.org.

Fairleigh Dickinson University’s School of Public & Global Affairs (SPGA) offers five graduate programs including the Master of Public Administration (MPA) for public and non-profit sector professionals.   The school also houses the FDU Poll, a full-service survey research center committed to the delivery and analysis of unbiased and methodologically sound data.  For more information, visit https://view2.fdu.edu/academics/public-and-global-affairs/

Feeding America® is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs, we provide meals to more than 40 million people each year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Individuals, charities, businesses and government all have a role in ending hunger. Donate. Volunteer. Advocate. Educate. Together we can solve hunger. Visit www.feedingamerica.org, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ), is the largest anti-hunger, anti-poverty organization in the state, where nearly one million neighbors, including 1 in 8 children, struggle with the emptiness caused by hunger. We are the lead source of nourishing food for 800 pantries serving everyone from infants to college students to families and seniors.

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