Hi Stiftunglife, thank you for your wonderful gift to City Harvest!
We are so touched by your generosity. Your donation will make a significant difference with our COVID-19 response during this challenging time, as we deliver essential food to an increasing number of New Yorkers in need. As you may have seen, the need for emergency food is skyrocketing. City Harvest's main priority is to feed everyone who was relying on us before the crisis, and to scale our operations to meet the increased need as the devastating economic impact of COVID-19 is felt. Since March 9th, City Harvest has distributed approximately 11.6 million pounds of food through our agencies, Community Partner Distributions, Mobile Markets and our new Emergency Food Distribution pop-up sites. We are now regularly delivering to 19 of these sites in high-need communities, including 3 sites specifically focused at healthcare workers. Between March and September 2020, we plan to rescue and deliver 48 million pounds of food to help feed New Yorkers struggling from this crisis. To illustrate the impact of your support, I wanted to share this quote from Joel, one of our partners at Holding Hands Ministries in Brooklyn: "The food pantry line has grown from 300 people to 1,500 people. The people on the line are many who have lost their jobs and some have no form of income at all. A great majority, do not qualify for unemployment and therefore we remain one of their only sources for acquiring food for their families. More than 70% have children. These people are not only grateful for the food but are so astonished and overjoyed at the quality of food. In other words, you are not just donating food you are lifting the spirits of some who are in the worst experience of their life. Never have I seen a need this great in New York and I thank you for stepping up and helping address that need." Your gift helps make all of this possible, keeping our operations running and providing food to the people who need it the most. These are definitely hard times, but we know that with the help of New Yorkers like you, we'll get through it together. Again we are very grateful for your support. Be well! All the best, Suzanne, cityharvest NY