Your donation goes further on the Virtual Food Drive! Thanks to the Food Bank's wholesale purchasing power and efficient distribution model, a gift made here provides more food than through a traditional food drive —– doubling or even tripling the amount of food your dollar can provide at the grocery store.
Quoted from the Food Bank of New York City
"Hunger is caused by food poverty, or a lack of geographic and financial access to nutritious food. In New York City, one of the richest cities in the world, food poverty is around every corner. Throughout the five boroughs, approximately 1.4 million people ? mainly women, children, seniors, the working poor and people with disabilities ? rely on soup kitchens and food pantries. Approximately 2.9 million New Yorkers experience difficulty affording food for themselves and their families, an increase of 60 percent since 2003.
Financial pressures such as unemployment, health issues, health insurance issues and low wages continue to strain the budgets New Yorkers with low to moderate incomes. Low-income New Yorkers often have to choose between providing enough food for themselves or their families and paying the month's rent or utility bills. Middle-income New Yorkers are also feeling the pressure, reporting increasingly difficulty affording groceries. With food prices steadily rising, struggling New Yorkers' ability to buy food for themselves and their families is at a crisis level."
Join me in helping alleviate hunger in New York City by making a donation to the Food Bank for New York City.
The goal: $1500 by December 31, 2012
Every donation counts -- please help your fellow New Yorkers today. Thank you.
~ T.R. Threston (Travel Writer and Historical Fiction Writer)
