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Author Neil deMause Date April 14, 2020 Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Mayor Blasio visits the Campaign Against Hunger food pantry in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Among the many dilemmas facing New York amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, one of the biggest is how to make sure that city residents can still feed themselves. Even as
The Campaign Against Hunger, no longer struggling with pandemic demand, received pilgrimages Tuesday from mayor and borough president. By Matt Troutman, Patch Staff Apr 14, 2020 5:20 pm ET BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A Bed-Stuy food pantry that once struggled to keep pace with demand as the new coronavirus hit received back-to-back pilgrimages from two of
The Bed-Stuy branch of the Campaign Against Hunger held its fifth annual Children’s Harvest Festival at the Far Rock Urban Agro- Ecological Center on Oct 5. “Since Sandy, we have been here working with properties that were disenfranchised and putting food on their tables. One of our main goals in Rockaway is addressing diabetes and
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It has been more than a month since the federal government shutdown started. Some workers in the Tri-State Area are feeling the impact. The Food Bank For New York City hosted a pop-up food pantry Tuesday geared specifically at furloughed employees. It took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Many attendees
November 29, 2018 By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle An effort by Brooklyn non-profit group to encourage borough residents to donate locally on Giving Tuesday got a big assist from a lawmaker who helped the group kick off its ambitious drive on the morning of Nov. 27. U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, a Democrat whose district
The #BrooklynGives campaign aimed to raise $1 million for the borough’s nonprofits during “Giving Tuesday.” The day of giving brought together Brooklyn’s nonprofits, including the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger. Founder Dr. Melony Samuels told News 12 that the donations will help feed families in need through April.
BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF NEW YORK CITY As a new report reveals one in eight New Yorkers don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Errol Louis discussed efforts to help struggling New Yorkers with Dr. Melony Samuels of Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger, James Winans of the Bowery Mission and Joel Berg of Hunger Free America.
NEWS12 Brooklyn – Volunteers at a food pantry in Bedford-Stuyvestant were hard at work Monday during the Veterans Day holiday. The Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger food pantry partnered with community service organization Repair the World to recruit a dozen volunteers to help customers, unpack food and more. More than 30,000 low-income residents visit the food pantry
Jodi Sterling | 6/14/2018, 4:31 p.m. “We just get enough to feed ourselves, and then there’s possibly a week where we go without food,” said Brenda, a Brooklyn single, senior grandmother of two. “I will fight to the end to have someone hear my voice.” According to a USDA 2017 Food Plan report, the lowest
Trailblazing philanthropist brings culinary school to Edgemere Ralph Mancini | on June 07, 2018 Youngsters in TCAH’s Green Teen internship program have moved on to fulfilling careers. Photos courtesy of Dr. Melony Samuels A Jamaica-born entrepreneur’s vision of introducing a one-stop, all-natural foods cafeteria and culinary school to the peninsula is rounding into form. Thanks