UFT food bank events
UFT volunteers, including public school parents and members, partnered with local restaurants and food banks to distribute 20,000 meals to hungry New Yorkers. The initiative included events in each of the five boroughs at which 1,000 meals per week were given away in each borough over a four-week period.
Hazera Hussain, a UFT parent volunteer, and her daughter, who attends PS 56 were among the volunteers handing out lunches on Jan. 6 at the North Bronx Islamic Center.
Karen Imbert, a volunteer, packs lentils into grocery bags at First Corinthian Baptist Church in Manhattan on Jan. 8.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew (second from right) speaks with community partners who supported the initiative: (from left) Tren'ness Woods-Black of Sylvia's, a restaurant that donated meals; Rev. Anne Marie Witchger, Rev. Matthew Heyd and Michael Walrond. The group came together to lend a hand at First Corinthian Baptist Church on Jan. 8.
UFT volunteers get together to pack 210 boxes of food outside the UFT's Bronx borough office on Dec. 10. Each box contained groceries for three meals for family.
Maria Morales, the UFT Bronx parent and community liaison, lends a hand at the UFT's Bronx borough office on Dec. 10.
Volunteer Wayne Wettley helps distribute meals from Sweet Mama's Soul Food Restaurant on Dec. 19 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Manhattan.
Like many of the food distribution events, the line at St. Charles on Dec. 19 stretched around the block.
UFT Staff Director Anthony Harmon helped out on Dec. 22 at Beulah Church of God in Christ Jesus in Brooklyn, where he's flanked by church administrator Carolyn Jackson (left) and event coordinator Virginia Lloyd before preparing lunches made by LaBegal Restaurant.
UFT volunteers, restaurant workers and volunteers from the North Bronx Islamic Center are ready to hand out halal meals from Curry & Kebab, a local restaurant, on Jan. 6.
Hazera Hussain, a UFT parent volunteer, and her daughter, who attends PS 56 were among the volunteers handing out lunches on Jan. 6 at the North Bronx Islamic Center.
Karen Imbert, a volunteer, packs lentils into grocery bags at First Corinthian Baptist Church in Manhattan on Jan. 8.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew (second from right) speaks with community partners who supported the initiative: (from left) Tren'ness Woods-Black of Sylvia's, a restaurant that donated meals; Rev. Anne Marie Witchger, Rev. Matthew Heyd and Michael Walrond. The group came together to lend a hand at First Corinthian Baptist Church on Jan. 8.
UFT volunteers get together to pack 210 boxes of food outside the UFT's Bronx borough office on Dec. 10. Each box contained groceries for three meals for family.
Maria Morales, the UFT Bronx parent and community liaison, lends a hand at the UFT's Bronx borough office on Dec. 10.
Volunteer Wayne Wettley helps distribute meals from Sweet Mama's Soul Food Restaurant on Dec. 19 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Manhattan.
Like many of the food distribution events, the line at St. Charles on Dec. 19 stretched around the block.
UFT Staff Director Anthony Harmon helped out on Dec. 22 at Beulah Church of God in Christ Jesus in Brooklyn, where he's flanked by church administrator Carolyn Jackson (left) and event coordinator Virginia Lloyd before preparing lunches made by LaBegal Restaurant.
UFT volunteers, restaurant workers and volunteers from the North Bronx Islamic Center are ready to hand out halal meals from Curry & Kebab, a local restaurant, on Jan. 6.
Hazera Hussain, a UFT parent volunteer, and her daughter, who attends PS 56 were among the volunteers handing out lunches on Jan. 6 at the North Bronx Islamic Center.
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Volunteer Wayne Wettley helps distribute meals from Sweet Mama's Soul Food Restaurant on Dec. 19 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Manhattan.
Like many of the food distribution events, the line at St. Charles on Dec. 19 stretched around the block.
UFT Staff Director Anthony Harmon helped out on Dec. 22 at Beulah Church of God in Christ Jesus in Brooklyn, where he's flanked by church administrator Carolyn Jackson (left) and event coordinator Virginia Lloyd before preparing lunches made by LaBegal Restaurant.
UFT volunteers, restaurant workers and volunteers from the North Bronx Islamic Center are ready to hand out halal meals from Curry & Kebab, a local restaurant, on Jan. 6.
Hazera Hussain, a UFT parent volunteer, and her daughter, who attends PS 56 were among the volunteers handing out lunches on Jan. 6 at the North Bronx Islamic Center.
Karen Imbert, a volunteer, packs lentils into grocery bags at First Corinthian Baptist Church in Manhattan on Jan. 8.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew (second from right) speaks with community partners who supported the initiative: (from left) Tren'ness Woods-Black of Sylvia's, a restaurant that donated meals; Rev. Anne Marie Witchger, Rev. Matthew Heyd and Michael Walrond. The group came together to lend a hand at First Corinthian Baptist Church on Jan. 8.
UFT volunteers get together to pack 210 boxes of food outside the UFT's Bronx borough office on Dec. 10. Each box contained groceries for three meals for family.
Maria Morales, the UFT Bronx parent and community liaison, lends a hand at the UFT's Bronx borough office on Dec. 10.
Volunteer Wayne Wettley helps distribute meals from Sweet Mama's Soul Food Restaurant on Dec. 19 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Manhattan.
Like many of the food distribution events, the line at St. Charles on Dec. 19 stretched around the block.
UFT Staff Director Anthony Harmon helped out on Dec. 22 at Beulah Church of God in Christ Jesus in Brooklyn, where he's flanked by church administrator Carolyn Jackson (left) and event coordinator Virginia Lloyd before preparing lunches made by LaBegal Restaurant.
UFT volunteers, restaurant workers and volunteers from the North Bronx Islamic Center are ready to hand out halal meals from Curry & Kebab, a local restaurant, on Jan. 6.
Hazera Hussain, a UFT parent volunteer, and her daughter, who attends PS 56 were among the volunteers handing out lunches on Jan. 6 at the North Bronx Islamic Center.
Karen Imbert, a volunteer, packs lentils into grocery bags at First Corinthian Baptist Church in Manhattan on Jan. 8.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew (second from right) speaks with community partners who supported the initiative: (from left) Tren'ness Woods-Black of Sylvia's, a restaurant that donated meals; Rev. Anne Marie Witchger, Rev. Matthew Heyd and Michael Walrond. The group came together to lend a hand at First Corinthian Baptist Church on Jan. 8.
UFT volunteers get together to pack 210 boxes of food outside the UFT's Bronx borough office on Dec. 10. Each box contained groceries for three meals for family.
Maria Morales, the UFT Bronx parent and community liaison, lends a hand at the UFT's Bronx borough office on Dec. 10.
Volunteer Wayne Wettley helps distribute meals from Sweet Mama's Soul Food Restaurant on Dec. 19 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Manhattan.
Like many of the food distribution events, the line at St. Charles on Dec. 19 stretched around the block.
UFT Staff Director Anthony Harmon helped out on Dec. 22 at Beulah Church of God in Christ Jesus in Brooklyn, where he's flanked by church administrator Carolyn Jackson (left) and event coordinator Virginia Lloyd before preparing lunches made by LaBegal Restaurant.
UFT volunteers, restaurant workers and volunteers from the North Bronx Islamic Center are ready to hand out halal meals from Curry & Kebab, a local restaurant, on Jan. 6.
Hazera Hussain, a UFT parent volunteer, and her daughter, who attends PS 56 were among the volunteers handing out lunches on Jan. 6 at the North Bronx Islamic Center.
