2173 White Plains Road 718-931-4335
Just South of Pelham Pkwy.
On Tuesday, June
15, the New Settlement
Community
Center held a Family
Wellness free
food distribution
pop-up at its community
campus, located
at 1501 Jerome Ave.
The event was created
to assist those
in the community in
need of food and is expected
to continue every
Tuesday throughout
the summer.
Created in collaboration
with the city
Department of Youth
and Community Development,
Feed the
Frontlines NYC,
Community Food Action,
Wellness in the
Schools, Grow NYC
and Farm to Schools,
children and families
in attendance enjoyed
music, yoga, games,
prizes and ices.
Carmen Julia
Hernandez, director
of programs at New
Settlement Community
Center, said her
organization is out
at events on such as
these to make sure
that families know
that there are resources
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available
to them. Hernandez
also provided a tour
of nearby Feed The
Frontlines NYC–cofounded
by Isabella
Di Pietro–that delivers
free, nutritious
meals prepared by
local restaurants to
New Yorkers experiencing
food insecurity.
-with reporting by
Jewel Webber