Overview
Imagine having to choose between paying for gas or buying milk? Or not having access to fresh fruits and vegetables? This is how nearly one million residents in New Jersey live.
Join us for a live film screening and conversation on building food security in New Jersey. For those who struggle to obtain healthy food, the program will also include giveaways and resources from partner organizations including MEND and Tree House Cares.
The PSEG Social Impact film is Food for Thought: The Path to Food Security in Newark. This documentary was filmed by Newark students who speak out about hunger and highlight community leaders who are champions of change.
Following the screening, Jasmyne Beckford, Program Manager in Inclusive Solutions at Prudential Financial, will moderate a panel conversation on grassroots efforts to nourish New Jersey neighborhoods.
Panel
Dr. Joshua Ardise, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Hend El-Buri, Director, Nutrition & Food at Rutgers University–Newark
Balpreet Grewal-Virk, Senior Vice President of Community Health for RWJBarnabas Health
Elizabeth McCarthy, President and CEO of The Community FoodBank of New Jersey
Tanya Veltz, Co-Founder of Tree House Cares, a non-profit that provides essential resources to Newark’s most vulnerable populations.
In addition, attendees are encouraged to bring donations of the following items to benefit the mobile meal trailer of Tree House Cares: mayonnaise, boxes of macaroni and cheese, canned tuna and chicken, ketchup and mustard (bottled or individually packaged).
This free event is part of the third annual Prudential North to Shore Festival running June 14 – 29 in Newark and Asbury Park, and throughout the year in Atlantic City. A portion of all ticket sales will directly benefit Growing Healthy Pantries — a partnership between Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Community FoodBank of New Jersey, FoodBank of South Jersey, Fulfill, Mercer Street Friends, Norwescap and Feeding America, which addresses food security statewide and supports 1,000 food pantries across the state’s 21 counties.
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