Recent Posts in Social Impact

Dec 24, 2025 - In Social Impact RWJBarnabas Health Teams Up with Local Partners to Distribute Coats and Toys this Holiday Season

This year, RWJBarnabas Health donated nearly 1,000 coats to New Jerseyans in need – along with hundreds of toys, cold-weather items, toiletries, turkeys, chickens and nutritious food – across partner FQHCs, community-based organizations and civic ...

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Dec 24, 2025 - In Social Impact RWJBarnabas Health Welcomes Rutgers Faculty to Harvest

We were proud to welcome leadership and faculty from Rutgers University-Newark and Rutgers Business School for a meeting of the minds and a tour of Harvest: an RWJBarnabas Health Farm to Community Center, slated to open early next year. Together, we ...

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Dec 18, 2025 - In Social Impact RWJBarnabas Health Invests $2 Million to Launch The Bridge Project in NJ, Deliver Direct Cash Assistance to Low-Income Mothers

Pictured at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark – one of the cities eligible for participation in The Bridge Project – are: Khalid Sawaged, DO, FACOG, Chairman, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Balpreet Grewal-Virk, ...

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Dec 16, 2025 - In Social Impact RWJBarnabas Health Returns to Puerto Rico to Provide Continued Medical Services

RWJBarnabas Health’s Global Health team returned to Puerto Rico in October – this time, to San Juan – to provide medical services to locals in partnership with Direct Relief, La Fondita de Jesus and Ponce Health Sciences University. The RWJBarnabas Health ...

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Dec 9, 2025 - In Social Impact U.S. Senator Cory Booker Visits RWJBarnabas Health’s Farm to Community Center Space in Newark

On December 5, RWJBarnabas Health was honored to welcome U.S. Senator Cory Booker to Newark to tour Harvest: An RWJBarnabas Health Farm to Community Center, slated to open in March of 2026, and to share our vision for this first-of-its-kind food hub in New ...

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Nov 26, 2025 - In Social Impact RWJBarnabas Health Serves Neighbors in Need this Thanksgiving

RWJBarnabas Health’s holiday season of giving – to fight food insecurity and support New Jersey families in need – is underway. With recent disruptions to federal SNAP benefits still impacting many families, RWJBarnabas Health distributed over 37.6 tons ...

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Nov 17, 2025 - In Social Impact NJ General Assembly Speaker Coughlin & Rutgers President Tate Tour RWJBarnabas Health Food Programs

On November 10, RWJBarnabas Health welcomed New Jersey General Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin and Rutgers University President William F. Tate IV to share about the health system's robust efforts to combat food insecurity across the state. The visit ...

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Nov 4, 2025 - In Social Impact RWJBarnabas Health Announces $1M to Help Feed NJans, Bridge Gap in Lapsed SNAP Funding

Health system provides support to 14 NJ food assistance organizations, reaffirms longstanding commitment to vulnerable communities West Orange, N.J., November 3, 2025 – As the nation faces disruptions to federal food assistance benefits, including the ...

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