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Ongoing Recovery Efforts in Coney Island

The Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger continues to bring healthy food to community members in Coney Island, as part of our ongoing Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. With children at home over the summer, families are under pressure to provide more meals. Many rely upon us to meet their nutritional needs. We are now closer to achieving this

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BSCAH Steps Up in Face of Federal Cuts

The Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger served over 30,000 individuals in both May and June, showing an astounding  surge in demand for our services. Federal cuts to SNAP (food stamps) benefits will go into effect in November. This will likely result in even greater numbers of visitors to pantries and soup kitchens across the city, as needy families

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Community “Hunger Games” to Benefit BSCAH

This past Saturday, July 6th, several community nonprofits gathered for a day of kickball, three-legged races, and balloon tosses. These ‘Hunger Games’ were all part of an event to support the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger. All told, community members were able to collect 400 nonperishable items for our food pantry, all during a day of

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Dr. Melony Samuels Named One of Brooklyn’s Women of Distinction

Anti-poverty activist gave up her day job to feed the hungry By: Maggie Craig (www.brooklyndaily.com) [pullquote]NEIGHBORHOOD: Bedford-Stuyvesant OCCUPATION: Founder and Executive Director COMPANY: Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger CLAIM TO FAME: Putting a smile on a child’s face. FAVORITE PLACE: Full Gospel Tabernacle of Faith Church WOMAN I ADMIRE: “The Rev. Doctor Emma Simpson, assistant pastor

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BSCAH Joins Fight Against Proposed SNAP Cuts

BSCAH has joined the Food Bank’s “Lost Meals” campaign protesting proposed cuts to SNAP (food stamps). The Senate’s version of the Farm Bill would cut up to 100 million meals for New Yorkers, and the current House version would cut twice that many meals. You can read more here: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130612/NONPROFITS/130619945. You can make a difference and

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Health 360: Troves of Tasty Tea!

Last week at Health 360, we learned about the health benefits of drinking tea from Sharon, who runs the Brooklyn-based tea company Kaye Tea (https://www.facebook.com/Kayetea.ny). Sharon told us about how she has been a tea drinker and enthusiast from a young age, and how she finally turned her passion into a successful local business. So

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Healing Salves at Health 360

Last week at Health 360, we learned how to make a healing herbal salve with comfrey and calendula. Anit, who runs a Brooklyn herbal apothecary called Mullein and Sparrow (www.mulleinandsparrow.com), shared her knowledge and showed us how to make this delicious-smelling ointment with just a few ingredients and a couple easy steps. Anit says that

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BSCAH faces challenges in meeting the needs of our community

A recent article in the Daily News describes the challenges that the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger is facing in meeting the needs of our community. At the same time that we’ve witnessed a surge in the demand for our pantry services, BSCAH has seen a 40% decline in donations compared with this time last year. With

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Listen about BSCAH’s chickens on Slate.com!

The Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger was featured in Slate’s show about keeping chickens. You can hear from two of our volunteer chicken keepers, our Americorps VISTA volunteer, and Tamara Dawson, our Director of Programs about what the chickens bring to our organization. Of course they bring fresh, nutritious eggs on a daily basis for our pantry customers, but they also bring other benefits.

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BSCAH on Brooklyn Independent Television

Check out Brooklyn Independent Television’s recent episode about the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger: http://blip.tv/neighborhoodbeat/bed-stuy-campaign-against-hunger-neighborhood-beat-bed-stuy-6513468. You can see footage from our pantry, our disaster recovery efforts, and our Urban Farm. You can hear from our youth Green Teens, who turn spoiled vegetables into nutritious soil for our garden. You can hear from our Program Director, Tamara Dawson,

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