Volunteers will reach new milestone of 80,000 dinners delivered throughout all five boroughs since 2001
Press Release – NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2019 — FeedingNYC has announced it will deliver over 4,000 Thanksgiving meals this year during its annual event on November 26, 2019 at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers. This year, over 500 volunteers will come together to pack Thanksgiving dinners and deliver them to families in shelters throughout New York City.
With 2.5 million New Yorkers struggling with hunger and more than 15,000 New York families in shelters each night (including 23,000 children), FeedingNYC pulls together a community of volunteers, sponsors, and partners to help our neighbors by packing and delivering a meal they can cook and enjoy as a family.
“In the wake of 9/11, we started FeedingNYC with just a handful of volunteers feeding about 40 families,” said Robert LoCascio, Founder and CEO of LivePerson and Founder of FeedingNYC. “This year, we will deliver more than 4,000 dinners with…