Yankee Stadium hosts food pantry
Pop-up event provides food for hundreds of New York residents in need
BY ALEX MITCHELL
While many are
used to seeing plenty
of run-support come
out of Yankee Stadium,
this week, the iconic
Bronx ballpark was being
used for food support
for New Yorkers in
need instead.
The stadium’s bleachers
gate fl ipped into a
pop-up food pantry on
Monday Sept. 21, distributing
over 500 boxes to
a socially distant, temperature
checked line of
those that accepted the
charitable offering.
Reports indicate that
17.5 percent of Bronx residents
and 23.5 percent
of Bronx children were
struggling with food
insecurity and there is
fear of those numbers
worsening. The borough’s
unemployment
fi gures have jumped
from 5.8 to 24.9 percent
in 2020 as a quarter of
food pantries and soup
kitchens were shuttered
in the Bronx during
the pandemic.
Monday’s distribution
was part of a popup
pantry series done
by Food Bank for New
York City and Yankees
stadium, which will
continue over the upcoming
weeks as part
of the Hunger Action
Month initiative.
“Food Bank is also
partnering with brands,
advocates, infl uencers
and New Yorkers in the
fi ght to end hunger,”
the organization said in
a statement.
Other pop-up food
pantries in September
include: Barclays Center,
Snug Harbor Cultural
Center & Botanical
Garden, New York
Hall of Science and
Lincoln Center.
Monday’s event was
the second time Yankee
Stadium was used as a
food bank.
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Photos by Alex Mitchell
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