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Volunteers Help Distribute Thanksgiving Supplies to Those in Need

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Celebrated Its Five-Year Anniversary Event

Volunteers Help Distribute Thanksgiving Supplies to Those in Need

November 14, 2022

DUMONT, NJ - "People think the pandemic's over, the need's not there to the same extent, and donations are down," said Tracy Zur, Bergen county commissioner and chair of the Bergen County Food Security Task Force.  [...]

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Fairview Pantry Kicks off Collaborative Construction Project

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Celebrated Its Five-Year Anniversary Event

Volunteers Help Distribute Thanksgiving Supplies to Those in Need

October 20, 2022

(Fairview, N.J.) – Today Bergen County officials joined the Franciscan Community Development Center (FCDC) for the kickoff of an important construction project to revitalize the food pantry that serves approximately 3000 clients in the Fairview area. The FCDC has been in operation since 2006 and continues  [...]

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Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Celebrated Its Five-Year Anniversary Event

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Celebrated Its Five-Year Anniversary Event

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Celebrated Its Five-Year Anniversary Event

October 5, 2022

PARAMUS, NJ - Bergen New Bridge Medical Center celebrated five years since the inception of its dramatic transformation, which has been a credit to Bergen County and the northern New Jersey community.   [...]

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Bergen County Opens New First Responder Training Annex

Bergen County Thanksgiving Food distribution gives away 2,500 boxes of produce

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Celebrated Its Five-Year Anniversary Event

October 13, 2022 

MAHWAH, NJ – Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, the Board of County Commissioners, and the Bergen County Department of Law and Public Safety celebrated the grand opening of the new Bergen County Training Annex at the County’s Law and Public Safety Institute  [...]

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Bergen County Installs 2 New EV Charging Stations

Bergen County Thanksgiving Food distribution gives away 2,500 boxes of produce

Bergen County Thanksgiving Food distribution gives away 2,500 boxes of produce

August 8, 2022

Bergen County has installed two more electric vehicle charging stations in the county, as the transition to electric vehicles continues. The two stations are the first of 10 to be installed and will be specifically for county vehicles. "Lowering our carbon footprint to safeguard the environment for future generations is an urgent priority,” [...]

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Bergen County Thanksgiving Food distribution gives away 2,500 boxes of produce

Bergen County Thanksgiving Food distribution gives away 2,500 boxes of produce

Bergen County Thanksgiving Food distribution gives away 2,500 boxes of produce

November 15, 2021

DUMONT, NJ — The Bergen County Food Security Task Force, spearheaded by County Commissioner Tracy Zur, held a Thanksgiving food distribution with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey giving out 2,500 fresh produce boxes to agencies and pantries across Bergen County.  [...]

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Feed the Frontlines Team Receives $2 Million From State

New Bergen County Diaper Distribution Program Helps Struggling Local Families

Bergen County Technical Schools Launches Recipe Book for Food Pantries

August 24, 2021

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Feed the Frontlines will once again be feeding hungry families and helping local businesses, this time with double the funds and double the meals. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) fully granted HealthBarn’s $2 million grant request today   [...]

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Bergen County Technical Schools Launches Recipe Book for Food Pantries

New Bergen County Diaper Distribution Program Helps Struggling Local Families

Bergen County Technical Schools Launches Recipe Book for Food Pantries

June 16, 2021 

HACKENSACK, NJ - This week, the Bergen County Technical Schools launched a website in partnership with the Bergen County Food Security Task Force featuring recipes and instructional videos on how to make creative meals out of food commonly received in the boxes provided by food pantries.  [...]

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New Bergen County Diaper Distribution Program Helps Struggling Local Families

New Bergen County Diaper Distribution Program Helps Struggling Local Families

New Bergen County Diaper Distribution Program Helps Struggling Local Families

April 3, 2021 

More than a million donated diapers will be supplied to Bergen County families over the next four months.

The youth and adult diapers were purchased in bulk by the county, with help from the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, for $200,000 from federal CARES Act funding [...]

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Commissioner Zur Gathers Over 400 Kids to Engage in Community Service Activities

Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force Forms to Help Food Pantries and Food Suppliers

Over 40,000 Pounds of Food Delivered by Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force

January 22, 2019 


Letters to service members overseas, dog toys for shelter animals, blankets for the elderly and goody bags for pediatric cancer patients were just some of the good deeds done during a day of service [...]

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Over 40,000 Pounds of Food Delivered by Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force

Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force Forms to Help Food Pantries and Food Suppliers

Over 40,000 Pounds of Food Delivered by Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force

September 29, 2020


HACKENSACK, N.J. — To close out Hunger Action Month, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and Freeholder Tracy Zur, liaison to the Bergen County Food Security Task Force, along with the Board of Chosen  [...]

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Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force Forms to Help Food Pantries and Food Suppliers

Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force Forms to Help Food Pantries and Food Suppliers

Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force Forms to Help Food Pantries and Food Suppliers

July 23, 2020


Across Bergen County, nonprofits are stepping up to find sustainable ways to meet the needs of residents struggling with food insecurity. A room that used to be used for counseling is now filled with snacks from [...]

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Commissioner Zur Confronts Food Insecurity in Bergen County

Food Insecurity Task Force is Formed To Make Sure No One is Hungry in Bergen County

Bergen County Food Insecurity Task Force Forms to Help Food Pantries and Food Suppliers

July 22, 2020


“I’ve talked to so many people who are on the front lines,” said Bergen County Freeholder Tracy Zur. “The needs in our community are really profound, and it’s heartbreaking." [...]

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Food Insecurity Task Force is Formed To Make Sure No One is Hungry in Bergen County

Food Insecurity Task Force is Formed To Make Sure No One is Hungry in Bergen County

Food Insecurity Task Force is Formed To Make Sure No One is Hungry in Bergen County

July 14, 2020


HACKENSACK, N.J. – The County of Bergen announces the formation of a new Task Force to tackle hunger and food insecurity issues affecting Bergen County residents. The Bergen County Food Security [...]

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Bergen County Commissioner’s Non Profit Hosts MLK Day of Service

Food Insecurity Task Force is Formed To Make Sure No One is Hungry in Bergen County

Food Insecurity Task Force is Formed To Make Sure No One is Hungry in Bergen County

February 4, 2020


PARAMUS – On Monday, January 20, 2020 “We the People,” a non-profit organization founded by Bergen County Freeholder Tracy Silna Zur, hosted its 4th annual MLK Day of Service at Bergen Community [...]

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Grants for Renewable Energy Curriculum in Schools is Presented by BCUA

Bergen County Commissioner Attends Mental Health Training for 10th Grade Students

Bergen County Commissioner Attends Mental Health Training for 10th Grade Students

November 19, 2019


The Bergen County Utility Authority held an Environmental Awareness Challenge Grant Check Ceremony at Bergen Community College on October 28, 2019. Dr. Fay Sharit, associate [...]

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Bergen County Commissioner Attends Mental Health Training for 10th Grade Students

Bergen County Commissioner Attends Mental Health Training for 10th Grade Students

Bergen County Commissioner Attends Mental Health Training for 10th Grade Students

November 13, 2019 


HACKENSACK, NJ — On November 1, CBH Care provided mental health first aid (MHFA) training to over 100 10th grade students at Fort Lee High School, as part of Bergen County’s pilot program [...]

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Commissioner Zur Advocates for Disabled Young Adults Through Project SEARCH

Bergen County Commissioner Attends Mental Health Training for 10th Grade Students

Commissioner Zur Advocates for Disabled Young Adults Through Project SEARCH

March 1, 2019


Bergen County Freeholder Tracy Zur said she strongly advocated to pilot Project SEARCH in the county, in large part because of how effective it has been, she said. An average of nearly 75 percent of participants [...]

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Gay Straight Alliance Summit is Organized to Uplift LGBTQ+ Voices

Commissioner Zur’s Non-Profit Donates 500 Hygiene Kits to the Homeless

Commissioner Zur’s Non-Profit Donates 500 Hygiene Kits to the Homeless

October 25, 2018


PARAMUS, NJ -- The Tech Center at Bergen Community College opened its doors for a brand new, inspiring day of leadership and activism at the first county-wide High School Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) summit [...]

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Commissioner Zur’s Non-Profit Donates 500 Hygiene Kits to the Homeless

Commissioner Zur’s Non-Profit Donates 500 Hygiene Kits to the Homeless

Commissioner Zur’s Non-Profit Donates 500 Hygiene Kits to the Homeless

January 25, 2018


HACKENSACK -- In celebration of Martin Luther King Day and the spirit of helping those in need, a local non-profit founded by a member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders arranged the [...]

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Bergen County’s Public Hospital to Extend Addiction Treatment

Commissioner Zur’s Non-Profit Donates 500 Hygiene Kits to the Homeless

Bergen Commissioner Speaks At Women’s Grassroots Advocacy Meeting

July 14, 2017

July 14, 2017 


Executives of the nonprofit chosen to run Bergen County’s public hospital outlined their vision Friday for the 1,000-bed facility, saying they plan to extend addiction treatment beyond detox [...]

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Bergen Commissioner Speaks At Women’s Grassroots Advocacy Meeting

Bergen Commissioner Speaks At Women’s Grassroots Advocacy Meeting

Bergen Commissioner Speaks At Women’s Grassroots Advocacy Meeting

February 17, 2017 


While working on the postcard campaign, they also heard from guest speaker, Bergen County Freeholder, Tracy Silna Zur, who spoke passionately about women coming together for the change [...]

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Disabled Students Excel in Bergen County Internship Program

Bergen Commissioner Speaks At Women’s Grassroots Advocacy Meeting

Disabled Students Excel in Bergen County Internship Program

October 31, 2016 


Tracy Zur, Vice Chair of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders said the key here is identifying abilities and matching the person with the proper job. “This has been a passion for me. I have a nephew [...]"

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Bergen County Celebrates First Annual Israeli flag-raising

Bergen Commissioner Speaks At Women’s Grassroots Advocacy Meeting

Disabled Students Excel in Bergen County Internship Program

May 8, 2015


Guests at the flag-raising included the deputy consul-general of Israel’s consulate in New York, Amir Sagie; Assemblyman Tim Eustace; County Executive Jim Tedesco; Freeholder Chairwoman [...]

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Garden Established to Teach Gardening to Homeless

Garden Established to Teach Gardening to Homeless

Garden Established to Teach Gardening to Homeless

September 07, 2013


HACKENSACK — It's a modest garden tucked behind a county-run homeless shelter, but officials are hoping to yield crops — and job skills for the county's homeless. Bergen County officials cut the ribbon [...]

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Videos

Food Security Task Force Partners with Community FoodBank of New Jersey

Five pantries received over 40,000 pounds of food to restock their shelves after experiencing an increase in demand due to COVID-19

Food Security Task Force Partners

Bergen County Food pantries, such as the Franciscan Community Development Center in Fairview, have been experiencing extremely high demand due to the ongoing pandemic.

Bergen County Launches a Food Security Task Force

The Task Force will meet and form subcommittees to bring together vital partners to tackle food insecurity in Bergen County

Mental Health Forum

Tracy Gives Testimony on Mental Health issue before State Assembly Committee

Project Search

Tracy speaks at the graduation of Project SEARCH Interns. Project SEARCH is a program that provides internships for students with unique abilities so they can find meaningful employment in the future. 

Bergen County Hospital Care

Tracy Zur speaks on the awarding of a new operator of the Bergen Regional Medical Center. The Center is the largest hospital in New Jersey and the fourth largest public hospital in the United States.

Chronic Homelessness

Tracy Zur highlights how despite many obstacles that Bergen County faced, Bergen County prevailed as the first community in the United States to end chronic homelessness.

Israel Day of Remembrance

On May 2, 2017, Tracy Zur spoke at a ceremony raising the Israeli flag in honor of Yom Ha’zikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) and Yom Ha’atzmaot (Israeli Independence Day). 

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