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Food Bank in the News, August 2015

Posted on Aug 7, 2015 in Internal Newsroom

PR Newswire, 8/26/2015 – New York City’s Top Pizzerias Unite to Fight Hunger at Slice Out Hunger.  Annual $1-a-slice festival benefits Food Bank. CNBC (and many others), 8/24/2015 – Food Bank For New York City Launches 10th Annual “Go Orange To End Hunger”™ Campaign During September’s Hunger Action Month.  Our annual awareness campaign runs throughout September. Ecocult, 8/24/2015 – The 8 Best Sustainable Ice Cream Shops in NYC.   OddFellows made the list, with a mention of their 5¢ per scoop donation to Food Bank. Bronx Times, 8/24/2015 – First-ever Bronx Food and Wine Festival to be served soon. Al Jazeera, 8/21/2015 – ‘Food hardship’ found to have reached post-recession low. Huffington Post, 8/21/2015 – Number Of U.S. Families Struggling To Afford Food Drops To Pre-Recession Levels: Report. News 12 Brooklyn, 8/18/2015 – Kids Educate Each Other About Healthy Eating. Queens Times Ledger, 8/17/2015 – Gillibrand, City Pols Rally for Better School Nutrition. Brooklyn Reader, 8/15/2015 – Food Bank Brings Summer Nutrition Program for NYC Teens and Tweens. Queens Tribune, 8/13/2015 – NYCHA Announces Doorway to Opportunity. Divine Lifestyle, 8/10/2015 – A Visit to the Food Bank For New York City. Crain’s NY Business, 8/7/2015 – Opening Doorways to Opportunity in Public Housing. WFMJ, 8/6/2015 – Perrier® and Flavorpill Make...

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Industry Updates & Competitors in the News – Dec 2014

Posted on Dec 9, 2014 in Internal Newsroom

5/12/15 – Smart Social Programs. The New York Times. Op-ed on how investments in education, income, nutrition and more for working families have shown long-term benefits for children. 12/30/2014 – At a Manhattan Soup Kitchen, Food on the Table and Chops on the Piano. The New York Times. Food Bank member Church of the Holy Apostles’ soup kitchen is featured in a piece about meeting the need in NYC with dignity. 12/11/2014 – What’s In The Budget? Food Stamp Funding Restored, Pell Grants Cut In 2015 Federal Spending Plan.  International Business Times.  Congressional moves, outcome yet unknown, to restore some funding to SNAP. 12/9/2014 – New York farmers donate record amount of food to regional food banks.  WNYPapers.com.  Industry piece detailing food donations this year from NY Farm Bureau members to Feeding America NYS food banks. 12/9/2014 – Venison As Benison: Food Banks Score From Deer Overpopulation.  NPR.  Deer overpopulation + hunting = venison donations to food banks around the northeast. 12/9/2014 – Gillibrand visits Food Bank to pack some hunger relief.  Star Gazette.  Upstate NY’s Food Bank of the Souther Tier hosts Senator, talks SNAP & school lunch. 12/9/2014 – Engineering a Better Food Bank.  LiveScience.com.  Industry developments:  Engineers help Feeding America-affiliated food banks in NC model supply, demand, and capacity....

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