Hunger Relief

The Foundation did not have to look far to find organizations that are leading the way in their efforts to combat hunger in New York City. Our neighbor the West Side Campaign Against Hunger has been fighting food insecurity for forty five years, and were the first to open a customer-choice supermarket-style pantry in the United States. They recently opened their new state-of-the-art warehouse in Washington Heights, which serves as a new distribution center where volunteers ship groceries to their more than 80,000 clients.

Foundation grantee City Harvest pioneered food rescue in 1982. This past year they rescued more than 77 million pounds of food and delivered it, free of charge, to hundreds of food pantries and soup kitchens across the five boroughs to help feed New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity. They help to grow the capacity of their partner agencies to help more people, provide nutrition education, strengthen local food systems, advocate for anti-hunger policies, connect volunteers with opportunities to help their neighbors.

 

 

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