Did you know that Nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers face hunger, struggling to fill their plates? An increase of 38% from pre-pandemic levels!
The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant economic crisis have made New York City’s hunger crisis even worse. Food insecurity is expected to rise by 54 percent citywide during the pandemic—and 64 percent among children, according to Feeding America. But hunger doesn’t fall equally across the city. It hits particularly hard in the communities of color that have been disproportionately harmed by decades of policy inequities and systemic failures.
Please join me on the Ride on October 3rd. Join me in the fight against Hunger in NYC.
Help feed the nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers who are struggling to fill their plates. Each dollar donated will help CityHarvest rescue 2 pounds of food and deliver it to soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community food programs across the five boroughs. That's enough food to help feed 2 Hungry new Yorkers for a day! Every year City Harvest rescues 82,101,985 pounds of food from going to waste.
• $10 helps feed 40 people
• $20 helps feed 11 people for a week
• $50 helps feed 6 people for an entire month
No New Yorker—no matter who they are or where they come from—should have to worry about where their next meal will come from.
Thank you!
-Nick
The 'Ride' for City Harvest
Cycling Network International
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Our goal is to grow this ride and awareness year over year and to establish a strong relationship with Participating Partners and Sponsors to help CityHarvest with their goal of delivering food to hungry New Yorkers.
To bring people together for causes, bring people together for the ride. We ensure a safe, and enjoyable event/ride for every participant.
Driven by connections, community, and service. CNI is a cycling club, like no other. Forming trust and friendship, in a collective environment.
Our members are part of the community that is driven by an active lifestyle, by members who want to pay it forward, give back, and do some good by making an impact.
Cycling Network International is proud to produce this Benefit Ride for CityHarvest.
Today, CityHarvest is New York City’s largest food rescue organization, helping to feed the more than 1.5 million New Yorkers who are struggling to put meals on their tables. They will rescue 109 million pounds of food this year and deliver it, free of charge, to hundreds of food pantries, soup kitchens, and other community partners across the five boroughs. Their programs help food-insecure New Yorkers access nutritious food that fits their needs and desires; increase our partners’ capacity; and strengthen the local food system, building a path to a food-secure future for all New Yorkers.
Funds raised will benefit CityHarvest, where every dollar helps rescue 2 pounds of food that feeds 2 Hungry New Yorkers for a day and delivers it to soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community food programs across the five boroughs.
- City Harvest is New York City’s largest food rescue organization. Through relationships with farms, grocers, restaurants, and manufacturers, City Harvest collects nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste.
- City Harvest delivers this food free of charge to our network of hundreds of soup kitchens, food pantries, and other community food programs across the five boroughs, using a fleet of 26 trucks that are on the road seven days a week.
- City Harvest delivers an average of nearly 300,000 pounds of food daily.
- This year, City Harvest will rescue 109 million pounds of nutritious food, more than half of which will be fresh produce.
Hunger in NYC
- More than 1.5 million New Yorkers will face hunger this year, including more than one in four New York City children.
- Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, there were 1.6 million New Yorkers living in poverty – which is nearly 20% of all New Yorkers.
- Almost half of all households in New York City—over 2.5 million men, women, and children—lack the income needed to cover basic necessities like
food, housing, transportation, and childcare. -
Your Impact
• $10 helps feed 40 people
• $20 helps feed 11 people for a week
• $50 helps feed 6 people for an entire month