Growing Healthy Pantries Toolkit

Welcome! You’ve just taken a powerful first step toward transforming your pantry into a hub of wellness, dignity, and community support.

Redeemer Health Food Pantry | Ocean View, NJ

Growing Healthy Pantries toolkit

Welcome

You’ve just taken a powerful first step toward transforming your pantry into a hub of wellness, dignity, and community support. This toolkit was created by New Jersey’s food banks—Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Food Bank of South Jersey, Fulfill, Mercer Street Friends, and Norwescap—to help you strengthen the health and well-being of the communities you serve. 

The Growing Healthy Pantries Toolkit is more than just a collection of resources—it’s a flexible, choose-your-own-adventure guide built to support your pantry’s unique goals, capacity, and community needs. 

See What’s in the Toolkit

What to Expect

Resources

Access Toolkits And Expert Knowlege

1:1 Support

Personalized Guidance to help you Grow

Quarterly Check-Ins

Regular Reviews to nurture Success

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The Growing Healthy Pantries Food Banks

Explore the food banks across New Jersey that power the Growing Healthy Pantries initiative. Each location plays a vital role in supporting healthier, more dignified food access in their communities. Click on each to visit their websites.

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Norwescap Food Bank

201 Broad Street,
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
908.454.4322

CFBNJ

31 Evans Terminal,
Hillside, NJ 07205
908.355.3663

Mercer Street Friends

3 Graphics Drive,
Ewing, NJ 08628
609.406.0503

Fulfill

3300 Route 66,
Neptune, NJ 07753
723.918.2600

Food Bank

1501 John Tipton Blvd,
Pennsouken, NJ 08110
856.662.4884

What You Will Find In The Free Toolkit

People
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Volunteers

Team Training

Technology & Data

Food & Environment

Pantry Environment

Nourishing Food

Educate

Partners &
Support

Connect

Funding

  • Fundraising 
  • Grant Writing
  • Donation Best Practices

Advocacy

  • Why Advocacy 
  • Steps to Advocacy
  • Advocacy Resources

Supplemental Areas of Growth

Learn

  • Technology Tools
  • Pantry Metrics
  • Pantry Intake 

Plan

  • Technology Tools
  • Pantry Metrics
  • Pantry Intake 

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