Please Contribute To Neighborhood's Second Annual Food Drive

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I just received an email from fellow Carroll Gardener Glenda, who is organizing a neighborhood food drive for Food Bank NYC, a worthwhile organization that helps feed approximately four million New Yorkers who experience difficulty affording food.
I will drop my food donation off today. I hope you will do the same.

Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill's
2nd Annual Holiday Food Drive
December 28th -January 6th

Drop Off your donation at the DROP OFF BOX located at: 323 President Street (front gate) Between Hoyt and Smith Streets Brooklyn, NY 11231

All food items to be donated must be:
-In their original, unopened packages
-Within the expiration date on the package
-In cans, cardboard, plastic (not glass)

With approximately 1.3 million New Yorkers relying on emergency food — the majority of whom are women, children, seniors, the working poor and people with disabilities — your food donations are critical.

Food Bank For New York City recognizes 25 years as the city's major hunger-relief organization. Working to end food poverty and increase access to affordable, nutritious food for low-income New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs, the Food Bank's initiatives focus on direct services, food sourcing and distribution, education and nutrition, financial empowerment, disaster relief and policy and research.

As an independent, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, the Food Bank meets the Better Business Bureau's charity standards. We recently received our fourth, consecutive four-star rating from Charity Navigator for effective and fiscally responsible management of our organization. Only 6 percent of charities rated have received at least four consecutive four-star evaluations, demonstrating our continued commitment to responsibly addressing the issue of food poverty. The Food Bank is a certified member of both Feeding America and the Food Bank Association of New York State.

You may also consider making a donation directly to Food Bank, NYC here

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