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Schneps Media teams up with Citymeals on Wheels
Schneps Media works in groups to assemble emergency food packages. Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
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MEMBER:
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
On Friday, August 2,
Schneps Media collaborated
with non-profi t organization
Citymeals on Wheels
to assemble emergency food
packages for homebound seniors
at Citymeals’ new facility,
the Joan & Bob Tisch
Emergency Meal Distribution
Center.
Assembly lines consisted
of about 15 to 20
Schneps Media employees
each, who loaded cardboard
cartons with meals, sealed
the boxes, applied destination
stickers, and stacked
the boxes on a wooden pallet,
ready to be loaded onto
a truck.
The 210 boxes were
placed on seven pallets of 30
cartons, plastic wrapped to
the rack in preparation for
the upcoming deliveries to
elderly individuals who are
confi ned to their home and
can’t buy or cook meals independently.
Each six-pound box consisted
of four shelf-stable
meals, including tuna, organic
brown rice, applesauce
and oatmeal. Boxes
also included special treats
such as hot chocolate and
low-sugar cookies.
“Schneps Media’s goal is
to be as grass roots an organization
as possible - and we
started with this corporate
volunteering initiative to
fulfi ll 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
grow through our marketing
channels.”
“We were really happy to
support Citymeals who has
a great mission and allowed
our entire team to pitch in
and see fi rsthand the impact
they will have on thousands
of people,” Schneps
added.
In total, volunteers from
Schneps Media packed over
3,000 emergency food packages.
The emergency food
packages will be delivered
to Citymeals recipients between
September and October.
The meal packages are
delivered each fall, ensuring
recipients will have food
in case the winter weather
delays regular meal deliveries.
“The people we serve can
no longer shop and cook for
themselves,” said Beth Shapiro,
executive director of
Citymeals on Wheels. “Citymeals
ensures they have
a nourishing meal and a
friendly check-in each day of
the year.”
Shapiro stated that last
year, 25,000 volunteers gave
over 80,000 hours of service
to Citymeals’ mission.
“We couldn’t have
achieved all that we do without
their dedication and
compassion,” she added.
The Joan & Bob Tisch
Emergency Meal Distribution
Center, located at 309
Drake Street in Hunts Point,
opened in late October and
replaced the organization’s
previous facility located in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The distribution center,
which has enabled Citymeals
to increase its efforts
to deliver emergency meals
on weekends and holidays
to more than 18,000 frail
New York seniors, also can
accommodate up to 250 volunteers
at one time to pack
emergency food boxes.
The new facility even
allows Citymeals to store
up to 55,000 emergency
meals which are ready to be
packed and distributed at a
moment’s notice.
Last year, Citymeals delivered
nearly 300,000 meals
to over 2,500 meal recipients,
according to Citymeals,
which has also delivered 60
million meals since the organization
was founded in
1981.
Schneps Media, a familyowned
business, publishes
community newspapers, including
the Bronx Times Reporter,
specialty publications,
magazines, digital, social
media, festivals, conferences,
and broadcasting, throughout
the fi ve boroughs, Long Island
and lower Westchester.
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