UPTOWN GO GREEN

Thanksgiving Food Distribution

The Thanksgiving Food Distribution is an initiative of New York GO and CitiVision that seeks to provide healthy food to families in need. We want to bless others so they can enjoy the Thanksgiving season. This year’s distribution is scheduled for Saturday, November 19th, 2022!

How does it work?

During the months before November, we work with community partners and corporations to try to get as much food donated as possible. We then purchase food for whatever gap remains. Our partners gather together on the Friday before our distribution, and we sort all the food so each site gets the correct amount. Then, on that Saturday, each site distributes the food to the families that are in need.

What do families receive?

Each tote bag of food contains: rice, beans, a whole chicken, and produce items: potatoes, onions, and carrots. Each site also coordinates additional resources to provide during the event - things like clothing, kids games and crafts, music, prayer stations, blood pressure screenings, nutrition and legal advice, etc. This results in an incredible day of encouraging and meeting the needs of our community members.

How can you help?

Each bag costs about $12. Join us in making this event possible and blessing others this Thanksgiving by sponsoring the food for some of these families! Use this link to donate on Facebook, and share our fundraiser with others you know.

For under $25, you can provide a Thanksgiving meal for two families. $60 will feed 5 families! Let’s give thanks by giving back.

“The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” Proverbs 22:9