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New and Noteworthy Archives
Take Action: Tell Congress Not to Pay for Child Nutrition with Food Stamp Benefits
Tell your Congressperson we do not support paying for child nutrition by cutting food stamp benefits from low-income households.
Last night the Senate passed it’s version of Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) known as the “Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010.” CNR determines funding and access to school meals. ...read more
Take Action to Improve School Meals!
Once every five years Congress revises the Child Nutrition Act, which determines funding for all school meals and after school snacks. For some children, the meal they eat at school is the only meal they get throughout the day. With your help, we can ensure that the meals our children eat are healthy and tasty.
With a strong Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR), we can:
WHO’S HUNGRY - June 9 and 10 in Brooklyn - Theatrical Portraits From West Hollywood's Homeless and Hungry Community
WHO’S HUNGRY – WEST HOLLYWOOD THEATRICAL PORTRAITS FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD’S HOMELESS AND HUNGRY COMMUNITY
For more information, please go to www.whoshungryproject.com, or contact Dan Froot at danfroot@earthlink.net or at 310.766.4942
Great Small Works’ 9th International Toy Theater Festival presents with community narrators: Leo Claude, Robert Coughlin and Sandy Terry and performers: Laurie O’Brien, Hana van der Kolk, Kendra Ware and Randall Whittinghill
El Diario Covers NYCCAH's MLK Serve-a-Thon
Click here to view El Diario's article covering NYCCAH's 7th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Anti-Hunger Serve-a-Thon.
Martin Luther King, III Supports NYCCAH's Serve-a-Thon
To view MLK III's letter of support in PDF format, please click here.
January 8, 2010
Mr. Joel Berg
Executive Director
NYC Coalition Against Hunger
16 Beaver Street New York, NY 10004-2391
Dear Mr. Berg: ...read more
NYCCAH's Annual Hunger Survey Report Released This Morning
Schumer, Quinn, Gotbaum Join Hunger Advocates at Local Pantry to Release Data;
Report Directly Proves Effectiveness of Federal Recovery Bill in Fighting Hunger
Speaker Quinn Issues Statement Opposing Fingerprinting Requirement for Food Stamps
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007
Release # 070-2009
Statement by Speaker Christine C. Quinn
Re: Ending Fingerprinting Requirement for Food Stamps
Food stamps are a win-win for New York City, and a critical resource for those who need our help the most. Food stamps bring money into our local economy – money that local businesses desperately need during tough economic times. ...read more
Act Now to Support the Economic Recovery Bill!
Yesterday, the Obama administration proposed an Economic Recovery Bill (http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryBill01-15-09.pdf) that responds to the cries for a “Bailout for the Rest of Us.” The bill includes the largest investment in new nutrition assistance funding in decades, including critical funding such as $200 Billion for SNAP (formerly known as Food Stamps) and $750 Million for After-school Meals. ...read more
Dear President-elect Obama: Yes, We Can End Hunger in the United States
President-Elect Obama and his transition team have a historic opportunity to end hunger and reduce poverty in the United States. NYCCAH has sent detailed memos to the transition team outlining several actions they could take to make good on Obama's campaign promises and progressively work towards ending hunger. ...read more
