Community Foodbank Honors the Father English Food Pantry

We would like to congratulate our Father English Food Pantry was honored on May 18th at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey's Blue Jean Ball!

The Father English Center helps thousands of people in need each week throughout Paterson.

Father English was honored with the Summit Medical Group Foundation and 6 other agency partners including:
FOCUS Hispanic Center for Community Development, Inc.
House of Prayer Food Pantry
Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges
Salvation Army of Plainfield
Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Oranges
Solid Rock Baptist Church Food Pantry

Carlos Roldan, Director of our Food Pantries accepted the award on behalf of Catholic Charities.

This year, the Blue Jean Ball focused on Hunger as a Health Issue and highlighted the importance of fresh produce and nutrition education in our work.  Fr. English has worked with the Summit Medical Group Foundation to help combat diabetes through health screenings and nutritional education.   

The Community Foodbank is the state’s largest anti-hunger and anti-poverty organization. Working together with volunteers, donors and their many partners, they fill the emptiness caused by hunger with Food, Help and Hope.

Thank you to the Community Food Bank for all they do!