Nonprofi t partners with Goya to feed NYC students
BY GRANT
LANCASTER
As city offi cials debate
closing city
public schools
to prevent the spread
of COVID-19, one nonprofi
t is taking action to
make sure students have
food to eat no matter
what happens.
The Food Education
Fund is partnering with
Goya Foods to provide
bagged non-perishable
foods for students at
six Manhattan public
schools, totaling more
than 18,000 meals, according
to a Friday press
release.
The provided food
is intended to help economically
challenged
students and their families,
as some of these students
only get a healthy
meal at school.
Each student will
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get fi ve pounds of rice,
two pounds of black
and pink beans and two
16.9-ounce tetras of coconut
water, all provided
by Goya Foods, according
to the release.
The program will serve
students of the Food
and Finance School, the
School of Hospitality
Management, Facing History
High School, Urban
Assembly School of Design
and Construction,
Manhattan Bridges High
School, and P.S. 138 District
75 School.
New Yorkers urged:
Complete Census
amid outbreak
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
Since many New
Yorkers are now
social distancing at
home amid the coronavirus
crisis, they’ve got
plenty of time to complete
their 2020 U.S.
Census forms, according
to the Citizens Union.
The nonprofit good
government group’s executive
director, Betsy
Gotbaum, reminded
New Yorkers of the
importance of completing
the U.S. Census
to ensure the most accurate
count possible.
The population total
tallied from the census
determines factors such
as each state’s political
representation and
amount of federal funding
they are eligible to
receive.
“As New York and the
entire world deal with
an unprecedented situation,
Citizens Union encourages
all New Yorkers
to take all necessary
precautions to limit the
spread of the coronavirus.
One way you can
help your community
while practicing social
distancing is by checking
your mailbox, and following
the instructions
to fill out your census
form online or over the
phone,” said Gotbaum.
“While people are at
home spending time
with their families and
roommates, there has
never been a better time
to fill out the census.”
Last week, the U.S.
Census Bureau began
mailing information to
households across the
country informing them
of the different ways
they can respond to
the national population
count. The final tally
will determine federal
funding rates and the
number of congressional
seats and electoral
college votes each state
will receive over the
next 10 years.
For more information,
visit 2020census.gov or
citizensunion.org.
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