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Food Bank for New York City launches
food pantries in Rego Park, Elmhurst
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
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Food Bank for New York City in
partnership with The Francine
A. Lefrak Foundation is distributing
meals to families in Queens until
June 25.
The organization hosted a pop-up
food pantry on May 27 at the Queens
Public Library at Rego Park located
at 91-41 63rd Dr. where families were
given a bag of food containing 27
meals.
A second pop-up food pantry was
held in LeFrak City on May 28 in the
parking lot nearby 57-07 Junction Blvd.
in Elmhurst.
The event is part of a series of mobile
food pantries sponsored by the
foundation that will run throughout
the coming weeks.
Every Wednesday, individuals can
pick up a bag of food from the pop-up
pantry in LeFrak City from 2 p.m. to 5
p.m. and every Thursday at the Rego
Park Public Library from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m. Each pantry bag will include 27
meals and hundreds of bags will be
given to families at each distribution.
In early May, The Francine A. Lefrak
Foundation, which helps to change the
lives of those who need an opportunity
to achieve success, announced its
donation of $200,000 to Food Bank For
New York City to provide 1,000,000
meals for people in Queens.
The donation funds meals for
people who visit food pantries, mobile
pantries, and soup kitchens in Corona,
Elmhurst, Forest Hills, Rego Park and
Woodside.
“During this critical moment, we
wanted to fi nd a way to help our fellow
New Yorkers and could fi nd no
better cause than providing food and
resources to people in need,” said
Francine Lefrak, president of the
Francine A. Lefrak Foundation. “We
are proud to partner with the Food
Bank to ensure families in Queens,
the epicenter of the epidemic, do not
go hungry.”
Food Bank is the city’s largest hunger
relief organization with a network
of more than 800 food pantries and
soup kitchens across the fi ve boroughs.
Food Bank has provided nearly 10
million meals to New Yorkers in need
since its COVID-19 response eff orts
began.
Leslie Gordon, president and CEO of
Food Bank For New York City, thanked
The Francine Lefrak Foundation for
their generous contribution to providing
meals for people in Queens.
“With the coronavirus outbreak
has come an extremely high demand
for food across the city and
many people are experiencing food
insecurity for the first time,” said
Leslie Gordon, president and CEO
of Food Bank For New York City.
“Partners who have stepped up to
help families in need during this
difficult time are enabling us to
stretch our resources to meet this
high demand and we are grateful
for their support.”
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