Volunteer to Fight Hunger in Brooklyn: Skip Lunch, Fight Hunger

Every year, City Harvest, the hunger-fighting non-profit organization, enlists teams of individuals, co-workers and employers to raise money to help hungry New York City kids get through the summer. Most adults don't think about it, but many kids become nutritionally deprived in the summer, without sustaining free school lunches.

Volunteer to Lead a Team for a One-Day Anti Hunger Campaign in the Spring

The organization's strategy is to recruit Skip Lunch Fight Hunger teams city wide. Teams work to spread the word and collect funds in support of the cause.

You don't have to make a long term commitment to the cause of anti-hunger activism.

An Affordable Charitable Contribution

Here's the "ask:" Would you be willing to skip lunch for a single day, and donate the money instead to help the truly needy?" It's called the Skip Lunch-Fight Hunger Campaign. Ten dollars barely buys a soda and sandwich in Williamsburg or Park Slope. But those same dollars can be used by City Harvest to help feed about forty kids during the summer.

And, as everyone who's ever tried dieting knows, peer support makes a big difference! So collect yourselves in a team, and make a date to not have lunch. In 2011, there were over a dozen Brooklyn employers participating in this public health campaign, including: UncommonGoods, Leaves of Nature Yoga, and Joey Company.

Other Things You Can Do to Help Fight Hunger in Brooklyn Year-Round

There's a lot you can do to help fight hunger in Brooklyn and in New York City.

1. Volunteer at a local soup kitchen
2. Help the Brooklyn Rescue Mission Food Pantry
3. Support local community agriculture such as Red Hook Community Farm /li>
4. Work with local faith-based institutions to feed the hungry in Brooklyn
5. Support the Hunger Action Center
6. Get educated about hunger in America; see Feeding America