Schneps Media partners with Citymeals
(From l. to r.) Citymeals on Wheels Volunteer Program Director Vivienne O’Neill with Schneps Media’s Josh Schneps and Vicki Schneps, Citymeals on Wheels Executive Director Beth
Shapiro, Warehouse Director Magda Melendez, Operations Manager Liz Cantillo, and Corporate Group Assistant Julissa Taveras. Photos by Silvio Pacifi co
BY MAX PARROT
Employees from Schneps
Media’s Bayside, Brooklyn,
Bronx and Westchester offices
joined forces on Friday,
Aug. 2, to pack meals
for the Citymeals on Wheels
program at the Joan & Bob
Tisch Emergency Meal Distribution
Center in the
Bronx.
During one morning of
work, the staff worked together
to pack 2,200 boxes
for the food delivery service
nonprofit that will provide
more than 9,000 meals to
New York City homebound
elderly residents for the
winter.
“Schneps Media’s goal is
to be as grassroots an organization
as possible — and
we started with this corporate
volunteering initiative
to fulfill that goal,” said
Josh Schneps, CEO of Schneps
Media. “We are fortunate
to do that every day
through our editorial coverage
as well as helping businesses
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grow through our
marketing channels.”
The teams lined up in assembly
line fashion to pack
Emergency Food Packages,
6-pound, four-meal boxes of
shelf-stable food delivered
directly to clients. These
packages are used in times
of emergency when the program
is unable to get meals
to clients.
All of Citymeal’s homebound
meal recipients receive
a box.
“We were really happy to
support Citymeals, who has
a great mission and allowed
our entire team to pitch in
and see firsthand the impact
they will have on thousands
of people,” Schneps said.
Citymeals opened the
Hunts Point distribution
center in October in order
to expand its operations providing
weekend, and emergency
meals throughout the
five boroughs. The warehouse
can accommodate up
to 250 volunteers at once.
(Above left) Brooklyn’s Clifford Luster, Long Island’s Joanna Austin, Schneps Media President Vicki Schneps,
Bayside’s Elizabeth Aloni and Robin Khatsernov, and Brooklyn Paper Arts Editor Bill Roundy fi ll Emergency Food
Packages. Schneps Media CEO and co-publisher Josh Schneps (above right) loads packages onto a pallet.