The goal is to transform all city-owned blighted properties

It was a joint effort with the nonprofit Soup Kitchen 411

A federal relief program created last spring was meant to be a lifeline for families

Interview with Adele LaTourette, director of Hunger Free New Jersey, as part of our ongoing series Hunger in New Jersey

St. John’s Soup Kitchen in Newark is one of the many involved

Chef Curtis used to cook for about 10,000 people a month before the pandemic. Now the number has nearly tripled.

One person’s donation can provide multiple months of food for a family of five

One year since the coronavirus pandemic struck New Jersey, food pantries and soup kitchens like those provided by the Salvation Army are still in high ...

Food distribution at the Meadowlands YMCA has taken place weekly since March and the demand is overwhelming.

Coupled with difficulty raising money in the best of times, the state's food banks have been stretched to the limits this year.

Christmas Eve is usually a big event with tents, music, and hundreds of volunteers. In 2020, because of the pandemic, all of it had to ...

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's culinary team packed bags for seniors in need this Thanksgiving.

Amarilis Rodriguez and her family have been working around the clock to put together as many baskets as they can

Meadowlands YMCA provides meals to those in need, but with such high demand, the group often has to turn people away once they run out ...

According to Virtua Health, people living in their targeted food desert communities have higher rates of obesity, diabetes and other diseases.

Newark Working Kitchens pays restaurants to stay open in return for delivering meals to low-income seniors and families.

New Jersey’s three largest food banks are bracing for the worst and stockpiling pantry staples in anticipation of a second wave.

Most of Camden is considered a food desert, meaning people have to go more than a mile to get to healthy nutritious food.

Roughly 1,400 cars, some families even carpooling, each collected two boxes of non-perishable goods, two boxes of fresh produce and some additional dairy items. Most ...

A desire to help started with teacher Shannon King cooking hot meals in her kitchen and then making delivery runs with her friend and school ...