The Hunger Task Force acknowledges the remarkable work these people and organizations have done to make food available to our communities:
Mount Sinai Mobile Pantry, Rashalee Smith-Thomas
Community Health Action of Staten Island Mobile Pantry, Derrick Felder and Clara Zaza
Project Hospitality Mobile Pantry, Alex Hughes
Bait-ul Jamaat House of Community, Imam Zulqarnain Abdu Shahid
Brothers Who Care, Frank Sullivan
MASK, Tanisha Franks
Urban Fairies, Alycia Campbell
Staten Island Giving Circle, Michele Yacovello and Evelyn Kormanik
K-Woods Foundation, Tal Jasmin and Kareem Woods
Anita Fein Memorial Volunteer Award: Aur Torah Pantry, Iva Rueven
P-EBT: Answers to Questions Your Clients May Have
The P-EBT information meeting was held on Monday, July 26, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Watch the video here.
All children in public schools and some in private and charter schools will receive P-EBT (Pandemic EBT, or food stamps) starting in July.
Candidate Forum, 6/7/2021
Find out what the candidates learned from us and what we learned about them.
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).