FoodBank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties

Nearly a year after Jon Bon Jovi and non-profit partners announced plans to address hunger in Ocean County, a CrowdRise fundraising campaign has been launched ahead of the May Grand Opening of the B.E.A.T. Center in Toms River.

So "the most wonderful time of the year" may be over, but another favorite time of the year is coming up in just about a week - Girl Scout Cookie season!

  Help your neighbors this Holiday Season by donating non-perishable food items, to benefit the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties .... Here's some facts about hunger here at the Jersey Shore .... from the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties In Monmouth & Ocean Counties: • The Real Cost of Living (RCL) in Monmouth County for a family of two adults and two school aged children is $74,

The 1st annual "Picklepalooza, Peace, Love, Music & All Good Food In A Jar" Festival to benefit "Pickles Against World Hunger" and  "Rebuild the Jersey Shore" non-profits.....will ebe held this Saturday, September 19th, 10am til 7pm, at Island Beach State Park in Seaside Park. Family ...

The plight of families impacted by the Superstorm is still being felt two years later at the FoodBank of Monmouth And Ocean Counties. Executive Director Carlos Rodriguez said many of the families are walking through their doors now. "Because they've been paying rent, maybe they've been paying their mortgage and trying to rebuild their homes at the same time and now with credit cards maxed, th

The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties is once again offering low and moderate income families free tax filing assistance.

The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties is offering Affordable Care sign up assistance at the Monmouth Mall this weekend. Six trained Health Care Marketplace Navigators will be at the Mall this Saturday. Outreach Specialist Debbie Palacio said in a nut shell, "they're trained to help people navigate through the system and explain all the plans to them, what everything means because a lot

The days leading up to Thanksgiving is a normally busy time of year for Foodbank's through out the state but following Super Storm Sandy, demand has more than doubled.

A total of 7 tons of nonperishable food is projected to come in as part of Monmouth County's month long food collection drive that ends today according to Executive Director Carlos Rodriguez of the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

A month long food drive at the Jersey Shore continues until Monday and organizers are seeing record-breaking totals.  Over five tons to be exact!