How a Major Non-Profit Is Meeting New Funding and Demand Challenges

How a Major Non-Profit Is Meeting New Funding and Demand Challenges

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Carmine’s

2801 Pacific Ave., Atlantic City, NJ 08401

$5 Parking with Validation

As the state’s largest anti-hunger, anti-poverty organization, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey is daily on the front line of the fight against hunger in the Garden State. Hear from CFBNJ’s CEO Elizabeth McCarthy how they’re addressing unprecedented challenges: a 35 percent cut in federal food aid and the increased demand for their services from SNAP recipients and unpaid federal workers.

As we head into the holidays, when the FoodBank annually gives out record amounts of food, McCarthy will share how CFBNJ is broadcasting its message and seeking support for its mission.

We will be collecting donations of nonperishable items for the FoodBank at the meeting. Most needed items are:

· Canned fruits, vegetables, or beans

· Canned protein (tuna, salmon, chicken, etc.)

· Canned soup, stew, broth, pasta sauce

· Packaged foods (seeds, nuts, oats, granola, rice, quinoa, beans, pasta)

· Plastic jar foods (nut/seed butters, jelly, cooking oil)

· Shelf-stable milk (dairy, oat, nut, etc.)

· No glass or perishable items please!

About Our Speaker

Elizabeth McCarthy

PRESIDENT & CEO

COMMUNITY FOODBANK OF NEW JERSEY

Elizabeth McCarthy has been a leader in shaping and implementing programs that address immediate critical needs, as well as providing the tools and support to effect long-term positive impacts on communities.

Elizabeth joined The Community FoodBank of New Jersey in July of 2023. CFBNJ distributes enough food for more than 90 million meals annually and addresses the root causes of food insecurity with programs that provide job training, nutrition education, and more. CFBNJ Headquarters is in Hillside NJ, and the South Jersey location is in Egg Harbor Township.

From 2011 to 2023 Elizabeth served as the CEO of Sheltering Arms, which addressed the efects of social inequity for children and families in the most challenged New York City communities. The organization provided wraparound services for families living in poverty, including education, mental health, and violence prevention programs. She chaired the Board of Directors of the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA), was the Treasurer of The Developmental Disabilities Services/Child Welfare Collaborative, LLC, and was a Board member of The Children’s Collaborative, Inc.

Prior to joining Sheltering Arms, Elizabeth served as COO at MercyFirst, Senior Vice President for Programs at Safe Horizon, an Adjunct Professor at NYU Wagner School, an Assistant Commissioner in the New York City Department of Homeless Services, and as Chief of Staf in the Mayor’s Ofice of Operations. She has an MBA in Public and Nonprofit Management from Yale University and a bachelor’s degree from Boston College.

RSVP by 5 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1 2025. All RSVPs and online payments should be made through Eventbrite.

RSVP

$45 for members with reservation

$50 for members without reservation

$60 for non-members with reservation

$65 for non-members without reservation

Donations of $5 or more to our Scholarship Fund are appreciated.

All no-shows will be billed.

PayPal and Credit Cards are accepted.

RSVP questions: Please email Felicia Niven at Gr8twriter@comcast.net.

You can also phone her with questions: 609-569-1060.

To mail your payment, please use the address below:

Public Relations Council of Greater Atlantic City

PO Box 1871

Atlantic City, NJ 08404

Email info@acprcouncil.org