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Food Bank in the News, May 2015

Posted on May 6, 2015 in Internal Newsroom

Downtown Magazine, 5/26/2015 – French Bull + Cheeky Launch Party Hosted at the Spotted Pig.  Featuring Food Bank Culinary Council Chair Mario Batali. NY Times, 5/22/2015 – To Feed More, Food Pantries Learn from Supermarkets. CNBC, 5/10/2015 – Hunger a ‘women’s issue,’ Food Bank NYC’s chief says. Socially Superlative, 5/5/2015 – Food Bank For New York City Can Do Awards Dinner. WABC-TV NY, 5/4/2015 – Sandy Kenyon goes Backstage with the Cast of “The Chew”. OK! TV, 5/1/2015 – Celebrity Chefs at Food Bank For New York City’s Can Do Awards. ABC News, 5/1/2015 – Try-Day Friday:  Taking on the Food Stamp...

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Food Bank in the News – March 2015

Posted on Mar 4, 2015 in Internal Newsroom

News 12 Brooklyn, 3/29/2015 – ‘Time Out for Hunger’ aids Food Bank for NYC.  Coverage of yesterday’s restaurant benefit event. CBS New York, 3/29/2015 – New Yorkers Can Help Fight Hunger By Dining Out Sunday.  More TOFH coverage, with restaurant list. City and State, 3/26/2015 – Above and Beyond 2015 Class.  Food Bank CEO Margarette Purvis is among the honorees this year. The Daily Meal, 3/26/2015 – Eat Out For Hunger This Sunday: Help Feed Needy New Yorkers. Time Out for Hunger coverage quoting Food Bank’s Silvia Davi. Jewish Voice NY, 3/25/2015 – Food Bank for NYC to Distribute Passover Emergency Packages.  Coverage of today’s press conference. CNN Money, 3/24/2015 – Free Ways to File Your Taxes.  Mentions our free preparation services. SI Live, 3/24/2015 – Staten Island Hunger Task Force to host legislative breakfast.  Food Bank’s upcoming event is covered, mentioning our community mobilization manager Nick Buess. Huffington Post, 3/15/2015 – Women in Business: Gloria Pitagorsky, Managing Director/Executive Producer, Heard City.  Q&A with Food Bank board member. AXS, 3/14/2015 – Little Big Town head to the Can Do Awards Dinner.  Country music media covers Food Bank’s gala. Al Jazeera, 3/13/2015 – Republicans float changes to food stamp funding.  Quotes Margarette Purvis. Accounting Today, 3/13/2015 – NYC Looks to...

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Food Bank Partners & Ambassadors in the News

Posted on Jan 7, 2015 in Internal Newsroom

NY Times, 3/31/2015 – Small Plates Grow Up.  Features an interview with Food Bank Culinary Council member and Can Do honoree Tom Colicchio. Yahoo! Food, 3/30/2015 – April Bloomfield on Vegetables, ‘Cagney & Lacey,’ and Fresh Starts.  Culinary Council member profiled at Cherry Bombe Magazine’s annual conference. AM NY, 3/25/2015 – New food vendors at Smorgasburg – opening April 4!  Food Bank Culinary Council member Eric Demby talks about this season’s lineup. Blue Shirts United, 2/19/2015 – The Mask – Hank in the Kitchen With Mario Batali.  NHL star Henrik Lundqvist finds out how Food Bank Culinary Council Chair Mario Batali got into cooking and became a world-renowned chef. Forbes, 2/18/2015 – South Beach Wine And Food Festival Beginnings.  Food Bank Culinary Council member Lee Brian Schrager talks festivals. JamesBeard.org, 2/17/2015 – Join Us at the Kids Food Festival Next Weekend!  Food Bank partner Bank of America lends their Bryant Park space to this event. ABC New York, 1/15/2015 – Disney VoluntEARS lend a hand at Bronx food bank for New Yorkers in need.  Disney packed boxes at Food Bank’s warehouse and presented us a check for $15K.  With video. Time Out NY, 1/15/2015 – Vote for NYC’s best grilled cheese at next week’s Big Cheesy.  This tasting party...

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