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Community Foodbank Of NJ Takes Action Against Hunger

September is hunger action month, a national initiative urging the public to take action against hunger, and the Garden State's largest anti-hunger and anti-poverty organization, is partnering with WBGO during this fall fund drive to do just that. WBGO's Alexandra Hill recently caught up with Karen Leies, Vice President of Development for The Community Foodbank of New Jersey, to find out how your pledge can help feed families through it's Family Pack Program. 

Alexandra Hill began her work with WBGO in June of 2012 in the news department. A graduate of the Rutgers Newark journalism program, Alexandra was also a student of WBGO News Director Doug Doyle. Alexandra has since become the lead general assignment reporter, afternoon news anchor, and producer of the award winning live call in show Newark Today. Since working for WBGO Alexandra has covered politics in and around Newark including the 2014 mayoral campaign of Mayor Ras Baraka as well as the senate campaigns of former Newark Mayor and now U.S. Senator Cory Booker in both 2013 and 2014. Alexandra also covers a host of human-interest stories, and has been recognized by the New York Association Of Black Journalists for her piece entitled Sheltering Newark’s Homeless.