Nave’s Neighbors

This Month’s Featured Neighbor – Food Bank of Central New York

This September, we’re proud to spotlight Food Bank of Central New York, an organization working every day to ensure our neighbors have access to the food they need.

The Food Bank works with food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other community partners across an 11-county service area spanning Central New York, Northern New York, and the Mohawk Valley. In the last fiscal year alone, more than 23 million pounds of food were distributed to neighbors in need.

The need across our region is significant. One in seven individuals within the Food Bank’s service area faces food insecurity. For children, that number rises to one in five. Hunger affects more than what is on the dinner table. It can impact a person’s health, education, stability, and ability to move forward.

September is Hunger Action Month, and this month we’re partnering with the Food Bank to help our community take action. We will be collecting nonperishable food donations at our downtown Syracuse office throughout September to support neighbors experiencing food insecurity.

We’re also encouraging our community to wear orange on Hunger Action Day, September 9, to help raise awareness about hunger and the role each of us can play in addressing it.

Through Nave’s Neighbors, our goal is simple: use our platform and our space to support the organizations strengthening Central New York from the inside out.

If you’d like to participate, stop by our downtown Syracuse office this September with a food donation and help us take action against hunger in our community.

Learn more: https://www.foodbankcny.org