Bank of America Charitable Foundation Supporting NJ Food Banks
One out of every seven Americans relies regularly on food banks, equivalent to about 46.5 million people. In New Jersey, the ratio is smaller but still significant — one out of 10. But for the fourth consecutive holiday season, several groups are banding together to drive up the number of donations to Garden State food banks.
The “Give a Meal” program brings together the Feeding America organization with Bank of America, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, the Food Bank of South Jersey and the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. In 2014, that partnership provided 413,495 meals to families in need.
“As much as those three food banks do, the need is huge and the problem is growing,” said Bob Doherty, New Jersey president for Bank of America, who added that the Bank of America Charitable Foundation is contributing $2 for every $1 given to eligible food banks this year, up to a total match of $1.5 million. . .