Get Crawford County Food Pantries And Soup Kitchens

Fruit, sauces, pickles, and other goods that are sold in glass jars should be avoided. They can easily shatter in transport, and food banks often cannot distribute them for safety reasons.

Specifically, food banks often need items like: Canned soup. Canned fruit. Canned vegetables. Canned stew. Canned fish. Canned beans. Pasta (most prefer whole grain) Rice (most prefer brown rice)

It's natural that the first thing anyone thinks to donate to a food bank is food but toiletries and hygiene products are also extremely important. Alongside the standard food parcel, food banks try to provide other essential non-food items to adults and children in crisis.

What Foods Do Food Banks Need The Most? Cereals. ... Tinned Soups and Stew. ... Pasta, rice and pasta sauce. ... Tinned meat and fish. ... Tinned beans and vegetables. ... Tinned fruit. ... Condiments and Spices. ... Canola and olive oil Sprays.

Packaged foods (seeds, nuts, oats, granola, rice, quinoa, beans, pasta) Plastic jar foods (nut/seed butters, jelly, cooking oil) Shelf-stable milk (dairy, oat, nut, etc.)

Food banks in the network collect, sort, and store food donations and distribute food to local food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and meal programs. Food pantries and meal programs in the network then distribute the food directly to individuals and families in their communities.

1200. local partner agencies across the state.

Rutgers Against Hunger works in partnership with the New Jersey Federation of Food Banks to assist those in need. The New Jersey Federation of Food Banks provides goods and services to over 1,500 pantries statewide each year.