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The Growing Healthy Pantries Initiative is a collaborative effort among New Jersey’s five Feeding America food banks. The goal is to provide access to healthy food choices and resources to improve long-term household stability. Successful outcomes include: More healthy food options and choices at all New Jersey pantries Better education to encourage healthy foods Increased connections to other community resources that will address social determinants and improve household stability Stronger advocacy for food security at all New Jersey pantries With more than 1,000 local pantries operating across the state, all at different levels of capacity, implementing healthy choice best practices will be a long-term effort requiring hands-on technical assistance and support.…

Sponsored by the Victoria Foundation and Citizens Bank, the Neighbors Helping Neighborhoods Grant Program was created by LISC Greater Newark to support resident-led ideas and collaborative project solutions that can ensure our communities thrive. Since its 2018 debut, LISC has awarded nearly 50 Neighbors Helping Neighborhoods projects totaling over $200,000 for projects created by residents, for residents.…

Wilhelmina Holder believed that we all have a role to play in changing the world around us. As a Newark resident, education advocate, parent organizer, and co-director of an after-school college access and prep program, her no-nonsense and energizing approach made her a community mom to many.…

The Martha Gordon Santiuste Scholarship was established to further Martha’s legacy of inspiring lifelong learning. This scholarship seeks to make a meaningful impact through assisting qualifying students with a demonstrated need in paying for higher education. A cash gift made with a credit card, check, or wire transfer is the simplest way to give to the Martha Gordon Santiuste Scholarship, a fund at the Community Foundation of New Jersey.…

The Community Foundation of New Jersey today announced it has committed $70,000 toward the professional development of public school nurses in Morris and Sussex counties. This comes as public school nurses continue to balance the physical and emotional health of students, families, colleagues, and themselves amidst another COVID-19 surge.…