Cover Story: Filling the Void
Faced with declining donations of both food and money, the Food Bank For New York City relies on hard-to-swallow statistics to rally supporters in its effort to bring wholesome food to struggling New Yorkers.
The organization also has Kids Cafe and backpack programs where it teaches children in after-school programs healthy eating and nutrition.
“In our Open Market Backpack Program for kids, we also provide the food so that on Friday the kids get to shop for themselves. They learn how to read the nutritional content on the labels, and they make their own selections so that they can take that food home with them for the weekend,” Cabrera says. “We do the same thing with CookShop for Adults and elderly programs, and we have a teenage program called EATWISE, where we train teenagers to teach nutrition education and healthy eating to other teenagers.”
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