This Saturday, May 11, marks the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. It’s easy to give:
1. On Saturday, place your bag/bags of nonperishable food items near your mailbox.
2. Your mail carrier will pick-up and distribute your donation to local food pantries, including the Center for Food Action.
Learn more: http://mahwah.patch.com/articles/mahwah-postal-workers-to-pick-up-donations-during-saturday-delivery
CFA’s Gala is Tonight!!! Come sample delicious tastings from some of the area’s finest restaurants, taste fabulous wines from Quench Wines & Spirits—-All while supporting CFA’s work to help local families and individuals keep food on their tables and a roof over their heads: Call for tickets: 201.569.1804 x25 or purchase at the door: Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe 7pm – 10pm. See ya there!
354 Steakhouse, Assembly Steakhouse, Axia Taverna, Balthazar Bakery, Bennie’s Mediterranean Cuisine, Bibi’z, Biddy O’Malley’s,
Blue Moon Mexican, Capital Grille, Chart House Restaurant, Classic Sweetness, Dino’s Restaurant, Giulio’s Restaurant, Grandma’s Kitchen, Greek Taverna, Grille – Marriott Glenpointe, The Kitchen, Locale Café & Bar, Maharani Indian Cuisine, Melting Pot, Miller’s Bakery, MK Valencia, Montammy Golf Club, Regina’s Steakhouse & Grill, Samdan, Sanzari’s New Bridge Inn, Tutti Giorni, Twist Frozen and Zoe’s Cupcake Café
Junior Girl Scout Troop 1427 earned their Bronze Award by donating over 400 bags of groceries. They also raised over $3,000 to help support CFA’s emergency food program. Read on…
http://mahwah.patch.com/articles/cfa-gets-400-bag-donation-from-mahwah-kids
Peg Merzbacher of Peapod spoke to students from Creskill’s Academy of Saint Therese about food security and nutrition. Her focus was to teach kids about the importance of selecting nutritious foods when donating to CFA.
For example, as reported by Northjersey.com, she asked the students to compare the ingredients of doughnuts against that of eating a comparable serving of instant oatmeal. The label showed each product’s nutritional attributes per serving, and she led the students to choose the healthier food. She said 50 percent of the calories contained in a doughnut come from fat, whereas oatmeal’s fat content for a comparable serving was about seven percent. Click below to read more.
Girl Scout Troop 1427 organized a month long food drive in February as part of their Bronze Award. They recently dropped off approximately 3.5 tons…TONS of collected food and $3,124 worth of supermarket gift cards and cash to CFA Mahwah. 
On Saturday, April 6th CFA is teaming up with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to make a substantial distribution of food, personal care products and supermarket gift cards to families and individuals in Little Ferry and Moonachie who are still struggling to repair their storm damaged homes. Picture ID and proof of residency will be required. Please contact CFA if you would like to volunteer on April 6th: jrothman@cfanj.org.
The Center for Food Action is one of three local organization that will receive the net proceeds of last Saturday’s celebration. Over the past 60 years the Bergen Passaic Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. has been committed to helping raise funds to support local programs. CFA thanks Jack and Jill for its ongoing support of our work to end local hunger and homelessness!
