The People's Money (2023-2024)

Decide how to spend part of the city budget!

Phase 4 of 4

Project Implementation 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2025

Food Pantries at Bronx Houses of Worship

In-person Workshop Idea

13/12/2023 11:18

In which borough should your idea take place?: Bronx
Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?: Soundview, Hunts Point, Claremont, Prospect, Concourse, Morrisania
Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.: Parents

Low income individuals

Black, Indigenous, and POC
Describe the challenge you want to address:: Lack of affordable food prices, lack of healthy foods in the community and lack of diverse food culturally in many communities
Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:: Connecting with networks of houses of worships to distribute food after services on the most important religious days - Fridays (Muslims), Saturday (many denominations), and Sundays (Christians).
Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:: 10459