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Teaneck s Holy Name Medical Center Foundation and Ridgewood s HealthBarn Foundation are among the recipients of state grants totaling $14 million to feed families facing food insecurity with meals served up by local restaurants.
The Teaneck foundation will receive $2 million from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority s Sustain and Serve program. Ridgewood s HealthBarn Foundation was awarded $1 million.
They were among 28 grants awarded throughout the state to provide assistance to small restaurants preparing food for the needy.
In Ridgewood, the HealthBarn Foundation made the announcement on Thursday. It s an unbelievable coordinated effort, said Stacey Antine, who is director of the HealthBarn USA food programs at the Habernickel Park Gate House, where the announcement was made. The chamber, restaurants, county Food Security Task Force and the Volunteer Center of Bergen County are all partners to make this happen.
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