The Skip Lunch Fight Hunger Campaign, Running from May 13 – 17, Invites Corporate Teams and Individuals to Help City Harvest Rescue and Deliver Enough Food to Feed 50,000 Children in Need This Summer
Press Release – City Harvest, New York City’s largest food rescue organization, is challenging New Yorkers to raise $1.1 million to help feed New York City’s children and their families through its annual fundraising campaign, Skip Lunch Fight Hunger. The campaign runs from May 13 – 17, 2019.
Almost half of all households in New York City don’t earn enough to afford basic needs, despite the majority having at least one member who works full time. Unlike fixed expenses, such as rent and transportation, a grocery budget is flexible—it can be cut back on when families need to stretch their dollar. The consequence of not having flexibility with other expenses is that families confronted with high costs in other areas, such as housing, end up food insecure. One in five children across the five b…