Do you want to do something that will make you feel good? Why not get together with some friends or…read morebusiness partners and go volunteer in your community? Today, one of the professional organizations I belong to sponsored a Community Service Day at CUMAC in Paterson, NJ. Their website describes CUMAC as a "non-profit organization dedicated to feeding people and changing lives. Our team works to alleviate hunger and its root causes for those in need in Paterson, Passaic County and northern New Jersey." Our team worked on breaking down the fruits and vegetables donated by local supermarkets into individual family-sized bags. What a wonderful feeling it is to help people and make a difference in someone's life. I know we did today. CUMAC also has a thrift store on site, but lots of the clothing are given away to families under stress. Business suits are also available for client's job interviews. It is a very humbling experience to spend a few hours in service to others. Now it's your turn......

'Tis the season to lend a helping hand. What a great time I had being able to help those in need…read more The event started at 6 p.m. and ran through 8 p.m. We were given a tour of the place (which is pretty spacious) The staff here consists of about 19 people I believe who spend their day doing a wide variety of things. In the two hour time span I was at the event you're really working all the way through so I can only imagine what the people that work here on a daily basis go through to make sure that every client has what they need. Simply put, this was a great event. I give this place 5 stars all around for what they stand for and represent. Helping the community is #majorKEY. So, if you're ever in the area stop by, donate, and perhaps check out their thrift shop that they have. Since this is a non- profit organization sometimes supplies and money can be tight. So a lot of the thrift shop money is used to buy other goods, etc. So definitely get out and help if you're able.

Connecticut Food Bank is doing a great work for many of the organizations that help those that are…read morein need. Companies should continue to give, or start giving toward CFB, especially during times like these. There are many people that benefit from the CFB and the generosity of others. Staff is friendly, helpful and love what they do, keep on doing CFB... you guys ROCK!

Connecticut Foodshare Headquarters is located in Wallingford, Connecticut. Connecticut Foodshare…read moresupports individuals and families from one end of the state to another by addressing root causes, creating long-term solutions, and distributing nutritious food through local partner programs to alleviate hunger. I got the opportunity to volunteer at Connecticut Foodshare from a fellow foodie who invited other foodie content creators. We had a great time, and we were able to help families all across the world. We had to go through an assortment of foods to ensure they were good, and we made boxes with assorted foods. We packed 16,637 pounds of food that would provide 13,864 meals for families. I'm excited that we had the chance to volunteer at Connecticut Foodshare, where I became an integral part of a team and provided essential support to those facing food insecurity.

Connecticut Foodshare HQ is located in Wallingford, CT with 85,000 square feet of space running…read moreoperations with 120 employees and gets assistance majority from volunteers. They have a beautiful mission to deliver an informed and equitable response to hunger by mobilizing community partners. I got the opportunity to volunteer with a group, all invited by word of mouth to sort produce separating spoiled products from the good ones. The staff were incredible with giving us the information we needed to directing us on how we can assist multiple families in need. At the end of the day, as a group we boxed 16,637 pounds of food that would impact 13,864 meals. That's incredible for 3 hours! It is amazing work and I commend all their staff for what they are doing every day to feed families in need!

I used to volunteer here in the past with my high school and then one more time with my alma mater…read more So when I wanted to do some volunteering again this past saturday, this was the first place I thought of. My group was assigned to the pasta station. It was pretty straightforward and simple. The CFB employees were helpful and very nice. Everything was easygoing, and they made sure we completed everything on time. It's honestly always been a good experience every time I've come here. The work that they do is very inspiring. I am grateful to have some small part in helping with the food insecurity in NJ. I would definitely recommend volunteering here.

Came early to unload my truck. There were a few trucks in front of me waiting in two lines, so I…read morechose one of them. After a while, when it was almost my turn, a guy--he said his name was John--came up to me and told me I couldn't wait in the left line because it was only for their company trucks. He said I had to move to the right line and go all the way back to the end. I tried talking to the guy inside the building, showed them that I was first on their check-in list, tried explaining it to John, but they didn't care. They saw me waiting in the left line since I arrived, but nobody told me anything until it was almost my turn.

This review is not for this wonderful, historic, small Episcopal Church in the rural community of…read moreMilton, rather for the neat little Free Library Box set up adjacent to the church. A young woman, Sara, spearheaded the idea for this box, the only one anywhere around. It stays consistently well stocked with lots additions and subtractions; it's a great idea well utilized. The church, BTW, has a congregation under 40, a regular priest and a membership very committed to faith and outreach to the larger community. Note: we are members, so there's some serious prejudice involved here. But even if you are not Episcopalian, we invite you to share the pleasures of this box.

This is Review Number of (MAESTRO or MAESTRA a few notes on the piano if you please) Two (Dos, Yee)…read moreof this Category! I see the first person and he local person gave only TWO STAR! If one reads any reviews of TIGER on any Food Bank on any Salvation Army Corps, glad all I write used helping children that town, that state! I the TIGER also mentioned many if not all Local People give low of one star or of two star, any can give three star, and the out town people give high of four star or of five star, the out state people give high of four star or of five star Okay, so recently got thank you sent $5.10 just like home town Area Code! For every dollar they receive, this Food Bank able turn into six dollar worth food, wow, so this situation will be eleven dollar ten cent worth food, wow that should be start help the children of Nazareth Pennsylvania, The Keystone State! News Letter, wow, a program call Military Share! Wow I like the idea, food given to our military members! There over sixty five thousand active and veterans in this six county region! Thank you to this Food Bank for helping the military, they serve our country, again, great idea! Glad my donation helping the children of Nazareth Pennsylvania, again The Keystone State!

Please be True to your Mission Statement-Second Harvest-that in part states, "to provide resources…read morefor education and advocacy to end hunger." As 1 of your non-profit member agencies, please help with our education of how to utilize your recent distribution (quarterly) of: -TWINKIES-numerous cases of -Light Popcorn-48 large bags -Rice -Juice -Cereal-Crispy Rice -Soup-Sole Protein,canned-Chicken noodle, 6 cs. -Mac&cheese, 8 single serving cups -Frozen items-including large lamb cut (1 only) As our non-profit serves our countys' low income seniors housing plus many other deserving individuals and families (60+) , was the above list our "access to sufficient sources of nutritious foods essential to building sustainable healthy communities" that confirms your "belief that no one should ever go hungry"? How are we to "improve the health and nutrition of our low income seniors"? Once again, there seems to be a disconnect between your federally funded "SUNShine boxes" program ("Serving Under Nourished Seniors") allocation: -Cereal -Juice -Vegetables, canned -Fruits, canned -Milk, evaporated -Pasta -Peanut Butter -Protein (Beef, Chicken, or Tuna) -Cheese and our non-profits quarterly food distribution. A reconnect on Second Harvests' part by distributing more nutritious foods remains critical to sustain our communitys' health! Without the above, the financial burden to close the nutritious resources gap continues to fall on our non-profits' shoulders. Being True to your Mission Statements will then earn you more stars. Note: Quoted material directly from Second Harvest of Lehigh Valley and Northeast PAs' website.

If you go to the correct website (the link here on Yelp appears to be incorrect - the correct…read morewebsite is https://feedingwestchester.org/ and not the "Food Bank for Westchester" link shown in the Yelp profile here), you will see the services they offer, and the help they can seriously utilize. They will connect you with a variety of Food Banks, Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, and a Mobile Food Pantry. With cold weather and an uncertain political landscape rapidly approaching, please utilize the services of Feeding Westchester ahead of finding yourself in an actual "food emergency". If you are in such a position, please consider donating some funds to feed a hungry neighbor, donating some food for feeding seniors and children, or offering your time to volunteer, please do so. The food is healthy, it is free, and it is plentiful. Feeding Westchester is a phenomenal organization; they will steward us through whatever difficulties life should throw at us. God bless, and be well. PS: I see a review on here from 2019 (it is also a review from an account with only one review -- hmmmm...). This one-star review (amazingly unjustified, in my opinion, too) - this is obviously skewing the "stars" to be lower than they ought to be.

I Donated a great deal of food to The food bank for Westchester…read more Most of it perished as this placed mismanaged its storage. Not using them again .