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 1 Like = 5 Meals
FedEx is donating 5 meals for each of the next 10,000 new "Likes" the Food Bank receives on Facebook. We have until June 15 to hit this goal — "Like" the Food Bank today!
Food Stamp Challenge
May 11–17, Mario Batali, Food Bank President and CEO Margarette Purvis and others will take the Food Stamp Challenge — living on a food stamp budget of $1.48 per meal for a week. Join them by taking the challenge and helping to tell Congress that Americans need more — not less — support.
TELL CONGRESS: Support a Strong Farm Bill!
The Farm Bill is the opportunity to protect and strengthen the key programs — food stamps (SNAP) and emergency food (TEFAP) — that make up much of our safety net against hunger. Members of Congress are proposing to slash food stamp benefits & weaken a valuable lifeline. ACT NOW to protect our safety net! Act now >
TELL ALBANY: Stop Finger-imaging for Food Stamps!
NYC and Arizona are the last places still finger-imaging for food stamps. Join the growing movement to end this stigmatizing and burdensome practice in NYC:
Act now >
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 1 Facebook Like = 5 Meals for New Yorkers in Need
By Daniel Buckley, Right now — for our 1 Like = 5 Meals campaign — FedEx is donating 5 meals for each of the next 10,000 new "Likes" the Food Bank receives on Facebook. That translates into 50,000 meals for our neighbors...
Feeding a Family on Food Stamps
By Jacquie Wayans, My story is very complex. We don't meet the stereotype. My three kids all went to Gifted & Talented public schools. I worked and attended Columbia University, School of General Studies to finish up my BA while...
How My Mother and I Got By, on Food Stamps
By Lisa Hines-Johnson, Today, Mother’s Day, is the third day of the Food Bank For New York City’s Food Stamp Challenge — a call to supporters to spend just one week experiencing what it is like to have to rely...
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