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Article: Fund for New York City Hunger Relief Receives $1 Million Grant from the Starr International Foundation to Provide Food and Assistance in NYC Area
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 8, 2009
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To: CITY EDITORS
Contact: City Harvest, Talia Mann, +1-212-843-9341,
tmann@rubensteinpr.com; or Food Bank For New York City, Carol
Schneider, +1-212-566-7855 x2231, cschneider@foodbanknyc.org; or
Feeding America, Ross Fraser, +1-312-641-6422,
rfraser@feedingamerica.org
NEW YORK, June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Fund for New York
City Hunger Relief today announced that it will receive a $1 million
grant from the Starr International Foundation, in response to a
significant increase in the number of people seeking help feeding
their families at food pantries and soup kitchens throughout the
city. The need for emergency food has increased 30% nationally in
the past year, according to ...