When will I see the drop in benefits?
Cuts go into effect on November 1, 2013, so the SNAP benefit amount you receive…
An article written by John Totter from MSNBC features our staff, volunteers, and pantry members along with their struggles to overcome the tax cuts to…
2,765,025 meals- after Hurricane Sandy
Today is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a devastating blow to families in New York City that no one could have…
The Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger depends on volunteers to help run our supermarket style food pantry, to pack the trucks for our mobile pantries in…
During our series of lessons about heart health, participants in Health 360 learned that inflammation may be a significant contributing factor to heart disease. Although the inflammatory response is…
After finishing our exercise lesson at the last meeting of the Health 360 program, participants enjoyed healthy whole grain muffins. They are packed with fiber…
Most people who are concerned about high blood pressure know to avoid consuming lots of sodium. But, do we know where most of the sodium in…
In Health 360, we just began a series of three lessons about hypertension, also known as high blood pressure. The most significant contributing factors to high blood pressure…
Early last week, during the last hours of campaigning before the Democratic mayoral primary, candidate Bill Thompson stopped by to see the work that we're doing…
The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) gets youth across the city into summertime positions that build their leadership skills and professional experience. There are 12…