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Growing Hope Through Garden Education

For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | July 7, 2025 Growing Hope Through Garden Education What started as a small garden at our Neptune Headquarters in 2000 has flourished into a full Garden Education Program, teaching children and adults how to grow, harvest and prepare fresh produce for healthier, more self-sustaining lives. At Fulfill, we understand that hunger isn’t solved just by feeding people. That’s [...]
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Fulfill Capacity Grants Support Local Pantries

Events, For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | June 5, 2025 Monmouth Worship Center Food Pantry volunteer Lisa Luisi stands with the pantry’s new chest freezer, which was made possible through a grant from Fulfill. The freezer allows the organization to store more fresh proteins, and increases its capacity to store frozen food overall by about 30%. Fulfill Capacity Grants Support Local Pantries Monmouth Worship Center [...]
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Fulfill Hosts Third Annual “Shore to Rock Hunger” Event

Events, For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | May 16, 2025 Fulfill Hosts Third Annual “Shore to Rock Hunger” Event Benefit recognized local organizations for their support fighting hunger in Monmouth and Ocean Counties  Neptune, NJ – Fulfill, the food bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, hosted its third annual Shore to Rock Hunger Event, presented by New Jersey Resources, at the Baseline Social in Oceanport on [...]
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Fulfill to Host Third Annual “Shore to Rock Hunger” Event May 8

Events, For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | April 18, 2025 Fulfill to Host Third Annual “Shore to Rock Hunger” Event May 8 Night of music and recognition supports hunger relief at the Jersey Shore  Neptune, NJ – Fulfill, the food bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, a leader in alleviating hunger and building food security at the Jersey Shore, will host the third annual Shore [...]
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Updates Regarding Recent Changes

For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | April 16, 2025 An Update From Fulfill’s President and CEO July 8, 2025 Statement on the Passage of the Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill More than 130,000 Monmouth & Ocean County residents already face hunger – that’s 1 in 10. At a time when so many of our neighbors are struggling to afford basic needs, the federal budget reconciliation [...]
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Helping our Pantry Partners Flourish and Grow

For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | April 4, 2025 Helping our Pantry Partners Flourish and Grow As food banks, and the pantries and soup kitchens they supply, work to keep up with rising national food insecurity needs, Fulfill is part of a statewide effort to improve access and efficacy across its pantry network of more than 150 partners. First started in 2022, the Growing [...]
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Partner Spotlight: Medtronic and the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drive

For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | March 3, 2025 Partner Spotlight: Medtronic and the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drive When dedicated community members join forces with a company driven by a passion for impact, real change happens. The Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drive (NHN), led by Medtronic of Eatontown, is a powerful example of how teamwork can turn compassion into action – bringing meals [...]
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Fulfill Announces Pilot Program with Parker Family Health Center

For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | February 20, 2025 Red Bank, NJ – Fulfill, a leader in alleviating hunger and building food security in Monmouth and Ocean Counties, and the Red Bank-based Parker Family Health Center, which provides free health care for uninsured individuals, have expanded their partnership with the launch of the Vital Bites Program, a new pilot program to ensure fasting patients [...]
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Bank of America Donates $50,000 to Fulfill

For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | February 6, 2025 New Jersey Team Members Distribute Food as Part of Volunteer Day Neptune, NJ – Bank of America recently presented Fulfill, the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, with a generous donation of $50,000 as part of Bank of America’s support of nonprofit organizations that provide access to healthcare, food access and nutrition, family stabilization [...]
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To End Hunger, Policy & Charity Must Go Hand in Hand

For the Media, Homepage, News, News & Press Releases | January 21, 2025 To End Hunger, Policy & Charity Must Go Hand in Hand By Triada Stampas, President and CEO, Fulfill There’s a saying among food bank leaders: You can’t “food bank” your way out of hunger. You might wonder why, as the President & CEO of Fulfill, the food bank serving Monmouth and Ocean Counties, I’m sharing [...]
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