FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Caitlin Rulli, RDN, 201-444-2955; [email protected] Volunteer Program Healing Meals Awarded NJ Governor’s Jefferson Medallion for Outstanding Community Service Nutritious Food Gifting Outreach provides 45,000 meals annually to families with ill children and in need Ridgewood, NJ (June 28, 2022) – Volunteer program Healing Meals funded through the HealthBarn Foundation 501c3 byRead More
PRESS RELEASE: HealthBarn Foundation Awarded $1M for 100,000 meals by NJEDA
From: Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce, 27 Chestnut Street, Ridgewood, NJ Contact: Axiom Communications: Marjorie Kaplan or Michael Golz [email protected] / 201.741.6616 or [email protected] / 201.788.7821 $1 MILLION FOR 100,000 MEALS: RIDGEWOOD, N.J. NONPROFIT & PARTNERS AWARDED STATE GRANT TO AID RESTAURANTS, FIGHT FOOD INSECURITY IN BERGEN COUNTY DURING PANDEMIC RIDGEWOOD, N.J., February 25, 2021 – On Thurs., Feb. 25th at 10:30Read More
HealthBarn Foundation Rings NASDAQ Closing Bell 1/5/21
Thank you Nasdaq team for honoring the HealthBarn Foundation and its good works in celebration of wellness week. Executive Director, Stacey Antine, MS, RDN and volunteers rang the Nasdaq closing bell on 1/5/21 virtually. Watch live footage of community volunteers in action for Healing Meals, a nutritious food gifting program, for ill children and seniorsRead More
Associated Press (AP): Experts Say Safe Thanksgiving Possible Amid Virus
The Associated Press featured HealthBarn Foundation’s Healing Meals volunteers in action preparing for the annual Ridgewood Giving Thanks Elder Dinner as a grab n’ go frozen Thanksgiving Dinner instead of a sit down event. The volunteers produced over 250 freshly cooked Thanksgiving Meals and Apple Crisp desserts frozen for delivery in partnership with Ridgewood Parks andRead More
The Record: Nourishing the Careworn
The Record’s Better Living Section featured: Giving Back: Maywood’s Alice Wright Helps Lead a Free Food Program for Families with Sick Children… “Alice Wright won’t meet the Cortez family or any other recipients. She doesn’t hand them the meals. They won’t know the name of the Maywood resident, who likely had a hand in preparingRead More
Good News Network: Gift For Families Dealing with Cancer: 6,000 Take-Home Meals
“When families are in this time of stress, it’s s not a time to educate people about what they should be eating, it’s a time to make sure they’re getting what they need,” Antine told Good News Network. “That prompted me thinking, ‘How can I make that happen?’” Antine went to a nonprofit and proposed the idea thatRead More
Paramus Post: St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Offers Food Gifting Program
“Stacey Antine, MS, RDN, founder of HealthBarn USA and director of HealthBarn Foundation, launched this one-of-kind food gifting program in 2014, in collaboration with community partners to assure that all children have access to healthy meals when their nutritional needs are heightened. “We are thrilled to welcome the St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital community into thisRead More
(201) Family: Do Gooders
“Grandma knew the healing power of food when she plied us with chicken soup. So it’s no surprise that the same heartfelt, healthful assistance is behind Healing Meals, the new Bergen County initiative created by the HealthBarn Foundation,” click here to read the complete article and chicken fiesta fajita recipe, too!
Bergen Health & Life: Comfort Food
“Families with children who are undergoing treatment for cancer and serious blood disorders are getting a helping hand in the kitchen from the HealthBarn Foundation’s Healing Meals, a new program that provides free organic meals to pediatric patients at Hackensack University Medical Center. Since the launch in March, Healing Meals has distributed more than 2,000Read More
WABC-TV Features Healing Meals
Teens Make Meals for Children with Cancer: “Dr. Sapna reports for WABC-TV on high school students from Bergen County Academies in New Jersey who cooking Healing Meals for families who’s children have cancer,” click here to watch the complete segment.