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Jersey Proud: Annual Community Food Bank ‘Pack-a-thon’

Hundreds of volunteers packed up more than 250,000 meals.

News 12 Staff

Apr 11, 2025, 10:23 PM

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There aren’t many reasons to stay awake for 24 straight hours. Making meals for the community is one good one.

Over 1,200 volunteers put in a full day’s work to pack more than 250,000 meals for the Community Food Bank’s annual Pack-a-thon.

“Hunger didn’t sleep and neither did we,” the group wrote on Facebook.

Overall, they packed 265,000 meals.

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