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Food Bank in the News, September 2015

Posted on Sep 11, 2015 in Internal Newsroom

Amsterdam News, 9/25/2015 – New York City Wine & Food Festival 2015.  Benefits Food Bank. PR Newswire, 9/23/2015 – Taste Dumplings from Around the World. Voices of NY, 9/22/2015 – Economic Recovery Does not Stop Hunger in NYC.  Quotes Food Bank’s Camesha Grant. Virtual Press Office, 9/22/2015 – Join The Fight To End Hunger With The Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival Presented By Food & Wine.  Includes a quote from Margarette Purvis. Harlem World, 9/21/2015 – HW Pick: Meet, Greet And Eat At NYC Wine & Food Fest ’15. Broadway World, 9/18/2015 – The Food Film Festival Returns to New York City; Tickets on Sale Now.  Benefits Food Bank, among others. Downtown Magazine, 9/17/2015 – Downtown Gets The Scoop On This Year’s NYCWFF From Founder, Lee Schrager.  Mentions Food Bank as beneficiary. Open Table, 9/16/2015 – How Chefs & Restaurants Can Become Ambassadors, Fight Hunger & Raise Awareness for Charity.  Interview with NYCWFF founder Lee Brian Schrager, Clay Dunn of No Kid Hungry, and Margarette Purvis. AndrewZimmern.com, 9/18/2015 – 5 Questions: Lizz Winstead. Mentions Food Bank, Mario Batali, and Anthony Bourdain. The Daily Meal, 9/16/2015 – Henri Bendel Will Host a Shop to Stop Hunger Event to Benefit the Food Bank For...

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Food Bank in the News, June 2015

Posted on Jun 12, 2015 in Internal Newsroom

Queen of Style, 6/30/2015 – Nathan’s Famous will Donate 100,000 Hot Dogs to Food Bank For New York City. Governor.NY.gov, 6/29/2015 – Governor Cuomo Announces Free Meals to Boost Children’s Nutrition During Summer Months.  Quotes Anti-Hunger Task Force chair Margarette Purvis. New York Eater, 6/24/2015 – Momofuku Uses Fried Chicken Dinners, Ko Reservations to Fuel Charity Auctions.  Food Bank culinary council member David Chang’s restaurants benefit Food Bank (called out in 1st paragraph!) Food Network, 6/23/2015 – Meet, Greet and Eat with Your Favorite Chefs at the New York City Wine & Food Festival.  Now a presenting sponsor, Food Network covers NYCWFF (benefits Food Bank). Gotham Gazette, 6/23/2015 – What Meals Should City Schools Provide, and When? Village Voice, 6/22/2015 – Tickets on Sale Now for Annual Celebrity Chef Schmooze.  NYCWFF benefits Food Bank. News 12 Bronx, 6/19/2015 – Mott Haven Food Pantry Seeks Funding. Covers Food Bank’s EFAP advocacy efforts. News 12 Bronx, 6/15/2015 – Best of the Bronx:  Woman Helps Feed New Yorkers.  Profiles Food Bank’s COO Lisa Hines-Johnson. CSP Net, 6/11/2015 – ‘Meatzilla’ Takes Manhattan.  Jack Link’s donates a ton of jerky to Food Bank. FRAC.org, 6/10/2015 – Food Research and Action Center Honors American Academy of Pediatrics President, New York City SNAP Task Force at...

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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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