http://help.foodbanknyc.org/STUFH

Download the flyer here.

* After compiling the number of donations, the citywide food drive
raised a total of the equivalent to 9,679 meals for New Yorkers in need.

In New York City, one of the richest cities in the world, approximately
1.3 million people, mainly women, children, the elderly, the disabled and
the working poor, rely on soup kitchens and food pantries. A recent
survey shows that 48% (or half) of all New Yorkers are struggling to put
food on the table. The economic downturn and extensive layoffs have
severely impacted many more thousands of New York families who never
before experienced food poverty and now, more and more middle income
families need help. The Food Bank for New York City provides 300,000
meals daily at 1,000 programs throughout the five boroughs to help feed
the hungry, yet food kitchens and pantries are now running out of
sufficient resources to feed the ever-growing lines of the city’s hungry.

In response to this crisis, university students from Fordham, Columbia,
NYU, Marymount Manhattan, The New School, and St. John's are teaming up to
help fight hunger in the city during the week of February 23rd to March 1st. A
Kick-Off rally will be held on Wednesday morning, February 18th at 8:30
a.m. at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger Food Pantry located at the
Church of St Paul and St Andrews at the corner of West 86th St and West
End Avenue. Bins will be provided for students who wish to make
donations of non-perishable, unopened boxes and cans of food and a
virtual food drive will be accessed on www.foodbanknyc.org where
students will find an easy path to "Click for Hunger". Every dollar
provides five meals so whether a student gives one dollar or five
dollars, each donation will make a real difference for hungry New
Yorkers. Contact Dan Kahn, President of Students Team Up To Fight Hunger
(STUFH) at dkahn@stufh.org or dwohl@wscah.org for more information.