NJTaxrevolution speaking at Social Media Club of North Jersey Event - Dec 10
I will be speaking at the Social Media Club of North Jersey this Thursday December 10 in Seacaucus. If you are in the area and want to network with other bloggers and social media innovators in the area, stop in for breakfast.
A breakfast event sponsored by Social Media Club North Jersey.
* Insights from communications leaders who are shaping New Jersey politics * Forum for Q & A and topics of interest * Networking with marketers, PR professionals, journalists, bloggers, students and practitioners of social media
Scheduled Presenters:
Dennis McLaughlin Editor NJTaxRevolution.com
David Polinchock Innovation Catalyst Consultant to the Daggett gubernatorial campaign
Matt Rooney Editor The Save Jersey Blog
Moderator:
Michael Menche Managing Director Axiom Media Service
Thursday, December 10 8-10 am Houlihan's 700 Plaza Drive Secaucus, NJ 07094
* A breakfast buffet is included. * Seating is limited; please register early. $15 per person ($20 per person day of the breakfast)
Here's the deal. With everything that has gone on in the past few months, the people that get hurt the most are those who depend on others generosity through food banks around the state. As more and more of us become preoccupied with surviving this mess of an economy ourselves, we often forget those that aren't as fortunate.
This video explains why I am blogging about this now:
Here are some facts to consider(from the Community Food Bank of NJ):
Statistics on Hunger • More than 35 million Americans, including 12 million children, either live with or are on the verge of hunger. - USDA, Household Food Security in the United States, 2006
• The number of families coming to churches and food banks trying to get help to feed their families has increased approximately 20 percent. - National Anti-Hunger Organizations, 2008 Blueprint to End Hunger
• According to a recent survey, 6 percent of Americans said they or someone in their immediate family has gone to bed hungry in the past month because they could not afford enough food. - 2008 Hormel Hunger Survey
• One out of every five New Jersey families does not earn enough to afford the basic necessities – housing, food and child care – although 85 percent of these households have at least one family member who is working. – Poverty Research Institute, June 2008
• In New Jersey alone, an estimated 250,000 new clients will be seeking sustenance this year from the state’s food banks. – “No Food on the table,” By Judy Peet, The Star-Ledger, Oct. 23, 2008
Statistics on the Plight of the CFBNJ • At the Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ), requests for food have gone up 30 percent, but donations are down by 25 percent. - CFBNJ
• Warehouse shelves that are typically stocked with food are bare and supplies have gotten so low that, for the first time in its 25 year history, the food bank is developing a rationing mechanism. - CFBNJ
History of the CFBNJ • What was to become the Community FoodBank of New Jersey began when founder and Executive Director, Kathleen DiChiara, began distributing groceries out of the trunk of her car in 1976.
• The Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ), a member of Feeding America, fights hunger and poverty by the distribution of food and grocery products, by education and training, by creating new programs to meet the needs of low-income people, and by involving all sectors of society in this battle.
• In 1982, the FoodBank was incorporated.
• CFBNJ annually assists charities serving approximately 500,000 people in need in 18 of New Jersey’s 21 counties.
• CFBNJ has distributed, since its incorporation, more than 300 million pounds of food and groceries valued at more than half-a-billion dollars.
• Today, the FoodBank distributes over 21 million pounds of food and groceries a year, ultimately serving nearly 1,700 non-profits including 436 programs served by its Partner Distribution Organizations (PDOs).
So, what do you do? If you want to donate, you can follow this link to see where in your area you can drop off food and what exactly they accept. You can also go the Community Food Bank we site here to find out where you can donate your time, your skills or your money to this very worth cause.
And in case you are looking for some good blogs in NJ? These are the bloggers participating in this event.
Participating Bloggers for “We Can’t Let This Bank Fail” campaign
1) JerseyBites.com 2) RedBankGreen.com 3) Jersey Girl Cooks 4) Simply Sable 5) John and Lisa are eating in South Jersey 6) Padma's Kitchen 7) Chefdruck 8) Life Lightly Salted 9) My Italian Grandmother 10) Cook Appeal 11) Crotchety Old Man Yells at Cars 12) Mommy Vents 13) This Full House 14) Paper Bridges 15) Motherhood Avenue 16) The Kamienski Chronicles 17) Down the Shore with Jen 18) Fits and Giggles 19) House Hubbies Home Cooking 20) Nourish Ourselves 21) Partybluprints.com 22) Tommyeats.com 23) Off the broiler 24) Mrs. Mo’s New Jersey Baby 25) IamNotaChef.com 26) SimplyBeer.com 27) HistoryGeek.com 28) Savy Source Newark 29) Momlogic New Jersey 30) SurvivingNJ.com/blog 31) SurvivingNJ.blogspot.com 32) JerseyGirlGuide.com 33) Best of Roxy 34) Citizen Mom.net 35) Lynetteradio.com 36) Jersey Beat 37) Pop Vulture Phil 38) JerseySmarts.com 39) LongBeachIslandSummers.com 40) WildwoodSummers.com 41) Mike Halfacres Blog 42) Somerset08873 43) Family, Friends and Food 44) KateSpot.com 45) NewJerseyMomsBlog.com 46) JCRegister.com 47) New Jersey Real Estate Report 48) Riverviewobserver.com 49) More Monmouth Musings 50) Man of Infirmity 51) Another Delco Guy in South Jersey 52) SweetNicks.com 53) Average Noone 54) Cleary’s Notebook 55) Welcome to my Planet 56) The Center of New Jersey Life 57) Sharon’s Food Blog 58) Morristown, Chatham, Summit, and Madison NJ Real Estate 59) Midtown Direct Real Estate News 60) New Jersey Real Estate 61) BlowUpRadio.com 62) LazlosDen.com 63) The Ridgewood Blog 64) Book a Week with Jen 65) Banannie 66) Cartoongoddess.com 67) Matawan Advocate 68) Take Back the Kitchen 69) The Joy of Toast 70) Route 55 71) Montclair Kids.com 72) SaveJersey 73) Stompbox 74) Joe the Blogger 75) Environmental Republican 76) Stacey Snacks 77) Subversive Garden 78) New Jersey Pathfinder 79) Cooking With Friends Blog 80) Triple Venti 81) Read All About It 82) Rich Lee on Media 83) Likelihood of Success 84) Cape Cuisine 85) The Business At Hand 86) NewJerseyTaxRevolution 87) Figmentations 88) MiddletownMike 89) Caviar and Codfish 90) A Day in the Life 91) Mack’s Journey Through Life 92) Alice’s Restaurant 93) Tiger Hawk 94)Politics Patrol, The Bob Ingle Blog 95) The Food Chain 96) Henson’s Hell 97) Cranbury Conservative 98) Baristanet 99) New Jersey: Politics Unusual 100) Jersey Shore Blog 101) Plainfield Today 102) Beacon Bulletin 103) Journal Square Jersey City 07306
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