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New York City Council Member Vanessa Gibson,
Step Up For Better Living Board Member Patti Bartos, and BronxWorks Executive Director Eileen Torres.
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The BronxWorks Community Food Pantry will now be open every Saturday with expanded hours thanks to a generous grant from Step Up for Better Living! The need for emergency food continues to grow at a rapid pace during the COVID-19 crisis.
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to impact the Bronx, BronxWorks pantries help the community access food. The lines for our pantries stretch down the block, not just because of the social distancing measures we have put in place, but also because food insecurity is on the rise. Even before the current crisis, food insecurity in the Bronx was a critical problem; the borough has the highest rates of hunger in the city. Now, as COVID-19 disproportionately devastates Bronx families and lays bare our communities' economic and health disparities, food insecurity only grows.
With our new partnership from Step Up For Better Living and assistance from other donors, we are able to provide over 200 families with food and other essential items every week. In addition, BronxWorks operates pantries at our Heights and Morris Senior Centers.
For more information contact Genesis Mejia, Pantry Coordinator, gmejia@bronxworks.org
To read about Genesis and her dedication to the pantry click
here.
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