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Where Can I Donate Food to the Needy?
Here's a list of local food pantries to which you can donate this holiday season.
Thousands of local families face the threat of not having enough to eat every night, this holiday season you can do something to help those in need by donating to food pantries in Bergen County.
Food pantries typically advise donors to provide non-perishable food items, common household goods and items such as diapers for infants; donors should also avoid donating anything in glass containers.
Some of the most needed items, according to Action Against Hunger, include, canned meat and fish, canned fruit and 100 percent fruit juice, canned pasta, stew, chili, hearty soup; canned tomatoes, vegetables, pasta sauce; pasta, white and brown rice, dried beans; cold cereal, oatmeal, pancake mix; peanut butter and jelly; powered or evaporated milk, Parmalat; baby food, formula, diapers, Pull-Ups; toilet paper and paper towels.
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Here are a list of nearby food pantries:
- Englewood
Center for Food Action
197 West Demarest Ave.
201-569-1804
The Office of Concern at St. Celia's Parish
55 West Demarest Ave.
201-568-1465
- Garfield
Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry
66 Palisade Ave.
973-253-8557
- Mahwah
Center for Food Action
90 Ridge Rd.
201-529-2029
- New Milford
Ascension Church Food Pantry
256 Azalea Drive
201-836-8961
- Ridgefield Park
St. Francis of Assisi Church Food Pantry
114 Mount Vernon St.
201-641-6464
- River Edge
St. Peters Support Group
445 Fifth Ave.
201-261-3366
- Saddle Brook
Center for Food Action
224 Midland Ave.
201-703-9857
- Wyckoff
Northside Food Pantry
580 Wyckoff Ave.
201-891-1782
Have we missed your preferred Bergen County food pantry? Let us know in the comments below.
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