AAA South Jersey Helps Collect 241,000 Meals for Food Bank of South Jersey

VOORHEES, N.J. (July 2, 2025) -- This spring, AAA South Jersey partnered with the Food Bank of South Jersey to combat hunger in our community. The months-long campaign resulted in more than 241,000 meals for our neighbors.

The donation comes at a significant tipping point for food banks and those facing food insecurity across the country. Programs like SNAP and Medicaid, which help thousands of South Jersey families. are facing federal funding cuts.

“These cuts add to the federal program cancellations that have already caused us to lose hundreds of thousands of pounds of food. Together these losses deepen hunger and hardship across our region,” the Food Bank of South Jersey said in an email last week.

In early May, AAA South Jersey sponsored for the third consecutive year the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food drive. More than 250,000 AAA-branded bags were distributed throughout the South Jersey area. Residents filled the bags with nonperishable food items, that the postal workers then delivered to the Food Bank of South Jersey.

This year, Stamp Out Hunger resulted in over 277,000 pounds of food – nearly 231,000 meals – being donated to the Food Bank of South Jersey.

In June, AAA launched a grassroots giving campaign spanning local communities across America. The nationwide effort aimed to provide at least 3.5 million meals to people in need at a time when food insecurity has reached its highest point in over a decade.

AAA South Jersey collected monetary donations from associates and members, resulting in another 10,000 meals being donated to Feeding America. To cap off the Week of Impact, a team of 10 AAA South Jersey associates spent a morning sorting and packing food donations at the Food Bank of South Jersey.

In every community in America, people are working hard to provide for themselves and their families. Yet, in 2023, 47 million people — approximately 1 in 7 — experienced food insecurity in the United States. The increased cost of living, coupled with increasingly limited access to food, is creating a national hunger crisis.

AAA selected the week of June 23 to June 27 to focus on donation and volunteer efforts, as this is when many children are out of school and often experience food insecurity. In 2023 alone, 13.8 million children did not have the food they needed to thrive. In South Jersey, 1 in 7 children struggles with hunger.

"With schools out for the summer, we know this is a tough time for families in need. Parents worried about providing for their children can rest assured thanks to the hard work of the Food Bank of South Jersey. With so much uncertainty around federal funding, AAA South Jersey and the entire South Jersey community is ready to step up and beat hunger,” AAA spokesperson Matthew Bowker said.

Every $1 raised can help provide at least 10 meals to our neighbors, according to Feeding America. Donate here.

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