The Feed Business Provides Us a Direct Source of Food
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Cooking For A Cause Partner Spotlight: Stop & Shop with Chef Paul Stop & Shop works continuously and tirelessly with the FoodBank to support our mission. The company is a natural ally in the fight against hunger, as its very The Feed business provides us a direct source of food. However, Stop & Shop does more: regularly contributing generous funds and essential volunteers that add depth and breadth to our respective work. Fall 2018 Cider-Braised This past year, nearly 400,000 pounds of food have been collected from NJ Stop & Shop stores as part of their participation in CFBNJ’s Retail Gleaning Program, which mitigates waste by gathering food that would Chicken, Brussel be otherwise discarded. One of the most important categories of food donated by Stop & Shop is meat, representing about half of Sprouts, and the company’s food donations. Through the company’s Meat the Needs program, encouraging store donation of poultry, beef and NJ SNAP-Ed – Eat Healthy! Be Active! pork, we are able to provide FoodBank partner agencies with a nutritious and much-needed source of protein. Sorting donated Apples meat is also a new volunteer activity at the FoodBank, bringing to light Stop & Shop’s generosity and our desire to provide the elements of a balanced meal to our neighbors in need. The Community FoodBank of New Jersey and 4-6 week classes will be offered Servings: is pleased to have been selected as one beginning in the summer of 2018 at 4 Stop & Shop’s corporate philanthropic arm, the Ahold Delhaize USA Foundation, has been financially supporting our child feeding Ingredients: programs for nearly a decade. Currently, a generous, three-year grant is helping to fund the Kids Cafe and Family Pack programs, of three grantees for a statewide nutrition school and community sites in 12 4 slices bacon, chopped backing the foundation’s mission of “Building healthy communities by supporting family, health and nutrition.” Likewise, Stop & education initiative that seeks to promote counties throughout our service area. 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs Shop New York Metro stores collect financial donations every holiday season through their Food for Friends campaign, benefitting healthy eating while reducing the risk for ½ (about 3 pounds total) feeding programs and food banks, such as ours. chronic disease among limited-resource Additionally, NJ SNAP-Ed will help to 2 medium tart red apples, cored and For the past several years, Stop & Shop has also supported Newark’s WBGO public radio “Community individuals and families. New Jersey’s make the selection of healthy food the cut into wedges FoodBank Day,” which raises money specifically for our Family Pack program. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance easy choice in the communities that we serve. More than 27% of NJ residents 1 12-ounce bottle hard cider Stop & Shop employee volunteers are also a welcome presence during the critical Thanksgiving season. Program (NJ SNAP-Ed) is an extension 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme They, along with players from the NY Giants, deliver turkeys to our warehouse and graciously stay to help of the federally funded Supplemental struggle with obesity and many more suffer from being overweight. Initiatives 2 tablespoons whole grain mustard with various tasks. “We are most pleased to accept their donation and their hours of service,” says Faye Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Kuhn, Director of Volunteer Services. to reduce the incidence of obesity 1 teaspoon kosher salt and is administered in collaboration On April 28, CFBNJ was fortunate to be one of the New York Metro area food banks that partnered with through the SNAP-Ed program include 12 ounces fresh Brussels sprouts, trimmed between the New Jersey Department Stop & Shop, NBC4 and Telemundo 47 for the second annual Feeding Our Families Food Drive, during of Human Services and Department the promotion of healthy corner stores, and halved if large (2 cups) which more than 250 Stop & Shops collected food to provide 1.9 million meals for those in need. Food of Health. the facilitation of farm-to-school programs Directions: donations and dollars from 45 stores in CFBNJ’s territory translated into nearly 112,000 meals, thanks to as well as educational initiatives that shoppers and over 100 volunteers! Stop & Shop also made a generous monetary donation to participating 1. In a very large skillet cook bacon over Currently, 9% of New Jersey residents reduce screen time for children. Easy food banks, and the event raised great awareness about food insecurity across NY, NJ and CT. medium heat until crisp; remove from receive SNAP (formerly called food ways to access and prepare fruits and pan, reserving drippings in skillet. stamps) benefits. Many more live with vegetables will be a primary focus of 2. Add chicken, skin side down, and cook Thank You To Our Recent Donors the day-to-day reality of poverty, which the program since only 12% of adults 10 minutes or until browned, turning These corporations, foundations and organizations made recent generous donations to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey: once; remove from skillet. impacts 11% of our state’s population meet the recommended daily intake 3. Add apples to the skillet and cook 4 $100,000+ Mazars USA LLP Combined Federal Campaign New Jersey State Society and 16% of our youngest residents levels for fruit and only 9% meet Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc. The Mitzi & Warren Eisenberg Family Community Presbyterian Church New Life Church minutes or until browned on both sides; Premio Foods, Inc. Foundation Credit Suisse NJM Insurance Group (below the age of 16). The SNAP-Ed the current recommendations for United Airlines Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Cushman & Wakefield Nonprofit Finance Fund remove from skillet. Drain and discard Wawa Foundation, Inc. Ralph Lauren Diocese of Camden Summer in the City The Office of Morristown, LLC program will help residents make healthy vegetable consumption. drippings from skillet. $50,000-99,999 Ruane Family Foundation F&G Mechanical Corp O’Melveny & Myers LLP RWJBarnabas Health Federal Farm Credit Bank OneMain Financial, Inc. food choices within their limited budget 4. Add cider, thyme, mustard, and salt to Nokota Management Strato, Inc. Funding Corporation Oxman Goodstadt Kuritz PC If your school or organization is interested $25,000-49,999 Summit Medical Group Foundation Flagship Resort Development Corp Patella Construction Corp and teach them how to incorporate skillet, scraping up any browned bits. Bank of America Toys “R” Us, Inc. Garden State Chapter of the American PEF Services in participating with the SNAP-Ed program, Fence Association Penske Truck Leasing physical activity into their lifestyle. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. $1,000-9,999 Capital One Bank Garfunkel Wild, PC Pfizer Inc. Events will be available to partnering please contact us at (908)-355-3663 5. Return chicken to skillet. Cover and Chatham Asset Management, LLC ADP, LLC Glen Ridge High School Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Goya Foods, Inc. Aetna Foundation, Inc./Partners In Glenn Insurance, Inc. PSE&G schools, organizations and workplaces ext. 500 to schedule a partnership simmer 10 minutes. JPMorgan Chase Community Giving Greater Egg Harbor Regional High Region Nine Housing Corporation PNC Financial Services Ahold Delhaize USA Family Foundation School District Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that serve predominately low-income meeting. The Community FoodBank of 6. Add Brussels sprouts. Cover and cook Prudential Financial, Inc. American International Group Hard Rock Cafe-Atlantic City Rotary Club of Somers Point Wakefern Food Corporation Atlas Model Railroad Co., Inc. Impact 4 Good LLC Royal Suites Interval Association, Inc. New Jersey’s SNAP-Ed program will 5 minutes. ATM Money Machine, Inc. Investors Bank Foundation St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church New Jersey residents. Cooking $10,000-24,999 Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Johnson & Johnson Law Department Summit Lions Foundation provide services within the following 7. Add apples and cook, uncovered, 3 to 5 Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. Bank Of New York Mellon Kuehne & Nagel TKM Industries, Inc. demonstrations, grocery store tours Cauldwell Wingate Co., LLC Community Partnership Levine, Staller, Sklar, Chan & Brown, P.A. Turner Construction Company counties: Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, minutes more or until chicken is done (at Celgene Corporation Bessemer Trust Linwood PTO Village Super Markets, Inc. Citrin Cooperman & Company LLP Blecker Family Foundation M&T Charitable Foundation Vitamin Shoppe Industries, Inc. Cumberland, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, least 175 degrees F). Colgate-Palmolive Company Borgata Heart & Soul Foundation Macy’s Foundation Walmart Foundation Crispy Green Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Macy’s Logistics & Operations WaterTree Ventures LLC Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic, Union, and 8. To serve, divide chicken thighs, Brussels DTCC The Brookdale Foundation Group Marion Park Foundation Wells Fargo Bank ESM Ferolie Ramapo Trust Merck & Co Whole Foods Market WHAT’S INSIDE Salem. Visit NJSNAP-Ed.gov to learn sprouts, and apples among shallow The Fournier Family Foundation BRV Sharma Family Foundation Merck Foundation Willis of New Jersey, Inc. bowls or plates. Hollister Construction Services C.R. Bard, Inc. Merkle Response Services, Inc. WithumSmith+Brown, PC more about the SNAP-Ed program and The John & Margaret Post Foundation Capaldi, Reynolds & Pelosi Merrill Lynch Message From Carlos 2 9. Spoon cider mixture over top. Sprinkle