In NYC today 1.3 million New Yorkers have to and need to rely on food pantries and soup kitchens. In NYC 400,000 people are pained from moderate or severe hunger -118,000 of them are children. We as a group want to help stop hunger, or at least cut down on the number of those starving in NYC. For this we go volunteer at soup kitchens, and food pantries to help around- us a group of 4 8th grade kids on a quest for our social justice project, with a theme of ‘choosing to participate’. We, being the hunger group of class, are trying to help stop hunger as much as possible.
Category Archives: Starve Out Hunger in NYC!
Fieldwork #3: Interview w/ Juan De La Cruz (12/5/12)
On December 5, 2012, my group and I went to an interview with Juan Dei La Cruz. Mr. Cruz is the director of the food branch of Coalition for [...]
St. John’s Bread and Life 12/11/12
Last week, we went to St. John’s Bread and Life. On the way there, we got a little bit lost because we did not have clear directions t [...]
Volunteer Work with the Coalition for the Homeless 11/20/12
Amanda Moretti my fellow class mates mom recommended a field work for my group and I with a organization called the coalition for the homele [...]
Serving Food to the Elderly at The Untied Jewish Council of the East Side (11/15/12)
On Thursday, 11/15/12 my group and I went to the United Jewish Council of the East Side to serve lunch to elderly who are hungry. Once we go [...]
Starve Out Hunger in NYC!
In NYC today 1.3 million New Yorkers have to and need to rely on food pantries and soup kitchens. In NYC 400,000 people are pained from mode [...]
