The Food Bank for New York City

The Food Bank For New York City, a member of America\'s Second Harvest, The Nation\'s Food Bank Network, was founded in 1983 to coordinate the procurement and distribution of food donations from manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and government agencies to organizations providing free food to the city\'s hungry.

They provide 68 million pounds of food annually to more than 1,000 emergency and community food programs — including soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, low-income daycare centers, Kids Cafes and senior, youth, rehabilitation and outreach centers — throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

The Food Bank helps provide 250,000 free meals a day for New Yorkers who otherwise would go hungry or not eat enough, who are largely comprised of women and children, the elderly, people with disabilities and the working poor.

Today, the Food Bank For New York City is one of the largest food banks in the country and a leading distributor of free fresh produce. We are also the only food bank serving all of New York City. To date we have collected, warehoused and distributed more than 744 million pounds of food for the city\'s needy.

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