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Thu, 2012-11-01 19:07 — John Hoffman

The New York Food working group is focusing on identifying and managing food shortages in New York

The mission of the New York Food working group is to identify and manage food shortages in New York.

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New York's Looming Food Disaster

Thu, 2013-10-24 16:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Julio and Belinda Ramos, who were hit with a power outage, hold their eight-year-old son Charles as they stand in line to pick up food supplies at a grocery store after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

theatlanticcities.com - by Siddhartha Mahanta - October 21, 2013

In New York City, locating a bite to eat is rarely a difficult task. The city is a food paradise or, depending on your mood, a place of overwhelming glut.

But when Superstorm Sandy pummeled New York last fall, it revealed the terrifying potential for sudden food shortages.

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Food & Assistance Guides

Mon, 2013-09-23 17:54 — gl

nyccah.org - September 23, 2013

Each year, the New York City Coalition Against Hunger produces updated, comprehensive guides, also known as "street sheets," to free food access in specific neighborhoods within the five boroughs.

Each guide also contains a map showing the locations of SNAP/Food Stamp office(s) and WIC site(s), as well as local soup kitchens, food pantries and farmers’ markets that accept food stamps as payment.

The Coalition is pleased to provide copies of the guides for you to download and print out.

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Rock and Wrap It Up - Charity Brings Donated Food to LI's Hungry

Sun, 2013-02-24 17:46 — admin

Newsday - February 21, 2013 - Jan Tyler

Syd Mandelbaum, a Cedarhurst resident, founded Rock and Wrap It Up in 1991.

Almost every Sunday night, Darryll Smith drives 20 miles from his Hempstead home to Madison Square Garden ... Smith picks up boxes of unsold but fresh-wrapped hamburgers, hot dogs and salads left over and donated by food concessions, which he later delivers to homeless shelters in Hempstead.

Smith's routes are preplanned by Rock and Wrap It Up, a Cedarhurst-based anti-poverty think tank that fights hunger. The group has more than 400 volunteers on Long Island and more than 5,000 others in the United States and Canada who recover donated, leftover food and deliver it to the needy.

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Rock and Wrap It Up continues to expand, but the organization's financial resources are strained and donations are needed to help the group continue its mission. Contact officials at 516-295-0670 or at info@rockandwrapitup.org