Faces of the Food Bank

Introducing Faces of the Food Bank, a series dedicated to highlighting the faces that join us every day in the fight against hunger in South Jersey.

Maria Siegel

Maria Siegel Running a food pantry takes a lot of skill sets: organization, ingenuity, creativity, resourcefulness. Maria Siegel checks all…

Carol Strock

Carol Strock In a house with six siblings, you’re going to learn a few things. And many of those lessons…

Chris Luebbe

Chris Luebbe For some people, it’s a moment in time. For others, it may be an ongoing activity. For Chris…

Pastor Sonita Johnson

Pastor Sonita Johnson BOUNDLESS ENERGY WITHOUT THE CAFFEINE: “She doesn’t even drink coffee.” That’s what one of the staff members…

Pastor Georgia Dennis

Pastor Georgia Dennis It was a very difficult decision. With a civil war raging in her home country of Liberia,…

Pastor Jeannette Brewer

Pastor Jeannette Brewer ALWAYS BETTER: As a young teen, Pastor Jeannette Brewer had a rough childhood and was often getting…

Janet Giordano

Janet Giordano SEEING HUNGER IN HER COMMUNITY: One thing we learned from the pandemic is that hunger is everywhere in…

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Pastor Darlene Trappier

Pastor Darlene Trappier A Promise Kept: When she was very young, she hid herself in books. Mainly to hide from…

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Drew Johnson

Drew Johnson We all have our very personal reactions to grief. For one of the Food Bank of South Jersey’s…

Tricia Yeo, DTR

Tricia Yeo, DTR You could call it a passion project. Or maybe even a side hustle. But for Tricia Yeo,…

Jeff Hayman

JEff Hayman Philanthropy has followed Jeffrey Hayman and his wife Debbie around wherever they’ve lived and worked. And so has…