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It is the mission of the Staten Island Hunger Task Force to advocate for the needs of food-insecure families and individuals and not-for-profit emergency feeding programs in order to ensure that hunger needs are met in the borough of Staten Island. The Hunger Task Force is committed to bringing awareness to the issue of hunger in our borough in order to muster the will of community leaders and members to fight for an end to hunger on Staten Island. We will support the work of our local emergency feeding programs through education, advocacy, and coordination of services as well as support the city, state, and federal positions that advance both sufficient anti-hunger resources as well as an end to hunger itself. Meetings The Staten Island Hunger Task Force meets the first Monday every month starting in January, with workshops instead of meetings during the summer.The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 7, from 3-5 p.m. on Zoom. Please subscribe to SIHTF emails (at the top of this column) to receive the login information. |
Gotham Food Pantry Wants to Connect Gotham Food Pantry often has extra food to distribute and would like to deliver to community refrigerators, NYCHA houses, and pantries on Staten Island. They also plan to set up food-store pickups and deliveries on Staten Island. To volunteer to pick up food and bring it to local pantries, start a community refrigerator, or become a drop-off site, fill in the forms on the Gotham Food Pantry site. Please send us your information! The Task Force's new chair, Tami DiCostanzo, has developed a membership survey that will be used to update the website and also show the variety of organizations and resources available through the Task Force. Please fill in this short survey as soon as possible. Sign up to get fresh produce from backyard gardeners "Backyard gardeners grow, on average, 240 lbs of extra food each year and they will give some of it to pantries," says Gary Oppenheimer from AmpleHarvest.Org, "if they know when and where to drop it off." He encourages Task Force members to sign up: https://ampleharvest.org/food-pantries/. Click this poster for a printable & shareable PDF
Legislative Forum, 2/18/21 Food insecurity on Staten Island during COVID pandemic and legislative changes that could make a difference. Speakers: Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, Nicholas Buess (Food Bank for New York City), Jerome Nathaniel (City Harvest), Emilio Tavarez (Hunger Free America). Small Pantries and Pop-ups Follow these Facebook pages for pop-up pantry and COVID19 volunteer information:
For help starting a new pantry or pop-up food site, see Services. Who's Open or Closed (as of 4/15/2021) The organizations below confirmed that they're open or closed. City Harvest and Food Bank for New York City are still making deliveries to pantries on Staten Island. Assume that most pantries are still open but call before you go. See the alphabetized list of pantries for all pantry phone numbers and hours. Mobile Pantries In 10302
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Pantries can register as open and receiving donations or closed for now using this survey. Restaurants and other food stores that are closing and want to donate food can connect with a pantry or soup kitchen by emailing us or by posting on Facebook. For information about proper packaging and food safety, see City Harvest's Food Donor Q&A. (City Harvest currently requires 3,000 lbs of food for a pickup. If you don't have 3,000 pounds of food, don't worry--you can work directly with a local pantry or soup kitchen.) If you would like to donate food through the City, click here on nyc.gov/donatefood. All Food Stores and Pantries Hunter College's Food Policy Center has created an amazing list of stores--from supermarkets to the corner deli--that are open. They also show which stores are delivering. See
Also included are pantries and government resources. For all boroughs, see Coronavirus NYC Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. For lists of pantries in all boroughs, see Hunger Free America's guides to the boroughs. Homebound, Broke, Need Food? Check out NYC Food Delivery Service and see if you're eligible. For Pantries Needing Food and Volunteers If your food pantry is in need of food or volunteers, please complete this form and someone from the City will be in touch. In It Together is also matching volunteers to pantries. Fill in this form to volunteer. If you need volunteers, email them at together @ lemontreefoods.org. Food Pantries & Soup Kitchens Look for food pantries in your ZIP Code: Note: Please check hours and arrive at least half an hour before the pantry or kitchen closes. Most pantries and kitchens are staffed by volunteers who need to be able to leave on time. Thanks!
Click here for a list of pantries in alphabetical order.
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