Following are highlights of media coverage concerning the Food Bank’s ongoing work to end food poverty throughout the five boroughs. Included here are feature stories, Letters to the Editor, Op-Ed pieces and television, radio and Web coverage

For more information, including copies of available articles, please contact Carol Schneider, Associate Director, Media Relations.

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DECEMBER

• “The Night NYC Turned Orange,” New York Insider TV, 12/17/10

NOVEMBER

• “Big Demand at Food Pantries from Students and Jobless,” The Fiscal Times, 11/25/10
• “Value-Added Food for Hungry Families,” The New York Times, 11/22/10
• “Food Bank to NYC: ‘Don’t make me beg’,” Crain’s New York, 11/17/10

OCTOBER

“Hoda Kotb Isn’t Too Busy to Feed the Masses,” tonic.com, 10/25/10

SEPTEMBER

• “A Charitable Kick in the Pants: 30 Deeds, 30 Days,” Tonic, 9/8/10
• “Defining America’s New Face of Poverty,” ABC News, 9/24/10
• “Fitness Magazine’s Mind, Body, Spirit Games Brings 7,000 To Central Park For A Good Cause,” FishBowlNY, 9/15/10
• “New School Nutrition Bill: Better Lunch, Less for Dinner,” WNYC, 9/27/10
• “ Summit Awards, ” Bisnow.com, 9/30/10

AUGUST

• “Moves Magazine’s Fashion’s Night Out Party Features Past “Runway” Designers, ”myLifetime.com, 8/30/10
• “Graphic Designer will be ‘Homeless for One Week’ in Union Square Park to raise money, awareness,” Daily News,  8/14/10
• “New York City food pantries linking those in need with local farm-fresh produce,” Grist, 8/20/10
• “Trisha Yearwood Takes a Taste of the South to the Big Apple,” the Boot, 8/18/10

JULY 

• “NYPD Grills Against FDNY for Food Bank Fundraiser,” The Epoch Times, 7/27/10
• “Healthy Meals for Poor US Kids,” Al Jazeera English, 7/5/10
• “Failure of State Soda Tax Plan Relfects Power of an Antitax Message,” The New York Times, 7/2/10
• “Celebrities Talk About Giving,” Good Housekeeping,  7/1/10

JUNE 

• “A Charitable Celebration,” Tonic, 6/30/10
• “Non Profit Reps Discuss Economic Challenges on ‘Inside City Hall’” NY1.com, 6/28/10
• “Al Rojo Vivo: CookShop” Telemundo, 6/22/10
• “Eating and Being,” Roger Repohl, 6/15/10

MAY

• “Food Network’s Lee Mum on Political Recipe” NY1.com, 5/19/10

APRIL

• “Food Relief Organizations Come To Distribute Kosher-For-Passover-Packages,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 4/29/10
• Food Bank’s Can-Do Awards: The Numbers, MouthingOff, Food & Wine Blog, 4/22/10
• Highlights of the Food Bank 2010 Can-Do Awards MouthingOff, Food & Wine Blog, 4/21/10
• “More Americans Turn to Food Stamps for Help,” Voice of America News, 4/13/10
• “Join the TONY Challenge,” Time Out New York, 4/8/10

MARCH

• “Food Relief Organizations Come Together to Distribute Kosher-for-Passover Packages,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 3/29/10
• “ERDA Pushes Free Tax Prep Aid,” The Queens Gazette, 3/17/10
• “Filing Those Tax Returns, With Help From the City,” The New York Times, 3/16/10
• “Providing for the City’s Pet Population,” WNYC, 3/16/10
• “The Obesity-Hunger Paradox,” The New York Times, 3/12/10

FEBRUARY

• “Free Tax Center Helps Brooklynites File for EITC Credit,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 2/18/10
• “Produce Industry Contributes Heavily to Feeding New York’s Hungry,” The Packer, 2/18/10
• “Low Income NYers Get Tax Tips, Bigger Refunds,” WPIX, 2/14/10
• “Once Stigmatized, Food Stamps Find New Acceptance,” The New York Times, 2/10/10
• “US Unemployment Shows a Surprise Decline,” BBC, 2/5/10
• “Food Bank Offers Free Tax Help As Uncle Sam Offers Sizable Tax Credit,” NY1, 2/2/10
• “New York’s Hungry Children,” NBC New York, 2/2/10

JANUARY

• “1.3 Million New Yorkers Rely on Emergency Food,” ICM, 1/20/10
• “The Big Apple Is Hungry,” The Economist, 1/14/10