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Mets’ wives pack food for families in need around NYC
BY JULIA MORO
editorial@qns.com
@QNS
Th e wives of several members
of the New York Mets organization
teamed up with City
Harvest, New York City’s fi rst
and largest food rescue organization,
to pack food for families
in need across all fi ve boroughs.
Th e volunteers fi lled the family
sized bags with fresh produce
and canned items that City
Harvest trucks will deliver to
food pantries and soup kitchens
across New York City.
Events like these are a great
support to City Harvest, enabling
them to deliver more than 111
million pounds of food this year
to help feed 1.5 million New
Yorkers struggling with food
insecurity. Most of the food given
out is from farmers, wholesalers
or manufacturers giving largecapacity
containers of supplies.
“Th e Mets have been a wonderful
partner to City Harvest for
many years, and we are honored
to host the New York Mets’ wives
to pack food for New Yorkers
in need,” City Harvest CEO Jilly
Stephens said. “We believe that
everyone in our city should have
access to the nutritious food they
need to thrive, and we look forward
to continuing our work
with the New York Mets and our
partners across the fi ve boroughs
to make that vision a reality.”
Th is event came aft er the
Amazin’ Mets Foundation and
Citi’s July Virtual Food Drive,
which raised enough to feed
more than 100,000 New Yorkers
for a day. City Harvest said
they have been particularly
thankful for the help since
many are still grappling with
the economic fallout of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Th e Amazin’ Mets
Foundation
will present
the check
to Stephens
during an
in-game
ceremony
at Citi
Field
following
the
repack
event.
Photo by Jason DeCrow for City Harvest
ABOVE: City Harvest Mets repack food for families facing food insecurity. Left to right: Cabernet
Burns (Michael Conforto’s fi ancée), Billie Jauss (Dave Jauss’ wife), Alex Cohen (wife of Mets owner
Steve Cohen) and Kate May (Trevor May’s wife).
LEFT: Kate May (Trevor May’s wife) bags food for families facing food insecurity.
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