New Jersey Hurricane Irene (DR-4021)

Hillside: New Jersey Hurricane Irene (DR-4021)
Photo date: November 5, 2011
Photographer: FEMA / Christopher Mardorf
Photo location: Hillside NJ
Categories: Recovery, Volunteering, Hurricane/Tropical Storm, Flooding
Ernest Vaughan, warehouse manager at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, instructs Ayesha Bashiru, a volunteer from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, in the techniques of correct food sorting and understanding packaging coding. Volunteers (including employees from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and college students from Seton Hall University and Kean University in New Jersey) sort and pack donated food at the Food Bank of New Jersey. The Food Bank is a state member of Feeding America, a national organization that is a member of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD). A non-profit organization that serves 18 of the 21 counties in New Jersey, the Community Food Bank of New Jersey distributes food to non-profit organizations in New Jersey (e.g. the Salvation Army of New Jersey) to provide food to people in need on a regular basis. During times of disaster, the Food Bank of New Jersey coordinates its activities through FEMA's Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL) to provide assistance to disaster survivors. Photo by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA.

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