Food Bank for New York City


Food Bank Bites
"After working all day, coming home to an empty kitchen is hard. The juice is always the first thing to go.

"But we are so lucky. We can come here and get a good hot meal or a bag of groceries that will pull us through."

Read this and other stories of people we help.



Food Bank Programs
Food Bank For New York City works to end hunger and increase access to affordable, nutritious food for low-income New Yorkers through a comprehensive group of programs that combat hunger and its causes.

Check-Out Hunger
Check-Out Hunger
Fight hunger while on line — the grocery line, that is. Oct 1 through Jan 9, grocery shoppers throughout NYC can make a donation to the Food Bank at the check-out of participating supermarkets.

Small Change Adds Up
Small Change Adds Up
Whole Foods Market is excited to announce their Small Change Adds Up charitable program. When you bring your reusable bag you can now choose to donate your 10 cent savings to benefit the Food Bank!

Child Hunger policy paper
Learn more about childhood hunger in our city with the Food Bank's new policy paper, Child Hunger: The Unhealthy Return on Missed Investments — released on October 7, 2008.

NEW REPORT
NYC Hunger Experience 2008 Update

Released on Dec 16, the latest in the NYC Hunger Experience series shows that the number of city residents experiencing difficulty affording needed food has surged over the past five years — doubling from approximately 2 million to approximately 4 million from 2003 to 2008.

State Increases Funding — Still Below Last Year's Levels
After first cutting emergency food funding in the state budget, Governor Paterson recently increased food stamp benefits and funding for emergency food — but emergency food funding remains below last year's levels. Add your name today in support of the Food Bank's call to fully reinstate and increase funding.

 








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