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Established in 1982, City Harvest is a non-profit charity and is the world’s first food rescue organization. It is dedicated to feeding the hungry people in New York City, New York.

About City Harvest
In addition to directly supplying food to the hungry, City Harvest takes the initiative to also educate low-income groups about diseases correlated with malnutrition in an attempt  to improve the quality of their lives. In conjunction with education, City Harvest aims to target local farmers to donate nutritious foods for the hungry while simultaneously supporting their businesses financially. Furthermore, this year City Harvest "will collect more than 42 million pounds of excess food."

People
Involved with City Harvest since 2004, Jilly Stephens is the Executive Director that focuses on providing fresh produce to the many hungry people that depend on City Harvests to eat. She played a big role in an additional development in the nutritional education that City Harvest's offers. Jilly helped launch Fruit Bowl, a program that continually provides fresh fruit to preschoolers. Currently VP of Program and the former VP of Operation Jennifer McLean is key contributor to expanding City Harvest's nutritional education program.

Mission Statement
"City Harvest exists to end hunger in communities throughout New York City. We do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.”

Recognition
“Currently, [City Harvest’s] cost to deliver a pound of food is just 25 cents, making City Harvest a smart, simple solution to ending hunger in New York City. City Harvest is one of three New York nonprofit organizations recognized by the 2011 The New York Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards for outstanding management practices. [They] have also been awarded four stars from Charity Navigator, the highest ranking possible, and [they] meet all Better Business Bureau Standards for Charity Accountability.”

Selected Past Events

 * City Harvest Announced their five-year $30 million campaign (April 23, 2012)
 * “Annual feed the kids food drive” (May 13, 2012) City Harvest partnered up with other organizations to feed the kids New York City in efforts
 * The “Evening of Practical Magic” is an event hosted annually by City Harvest. Last year on August 24, 2011 they were able to raise $2 million (August 24, 2012). Hosted on 42nd street of New York City, this event serves as tribute to the people who have been very dedicated to donating to City Harvest. 100% of profits earned during this evening go directly to City Harvest
 * The Starr Foundation partnered with City Harvest by donating $50,000 to help C.H.I.P.S. - a volunteer based soup kitchen in November 2012.

Selected Future Events

 * 19th annual “Evening of Practical Magic” (Friday, April 26, 2013)
 * "On Your Plate" (Wednesday, May 1, 2013) will be their 9th annual luncheon to honor and commemorate City Harvest
 * "Summer In The City" (Wednesday, June 19, 2013) 30 chefs cook first rate culinary samples. There is a silent auction while people walk around to taste the samples and enjoy live karaoke.

Media Coverage

 * This video from 2011 shows City Harvest obtaining a 1400-pound pumpkin in efforts to feed the hungry for Thanksgiving. Chefs volunteered their time to carve this large pumpkin into more manageable pieces and cooked it into a variety of delicious dishes.

Partnership
A past partnership that City Harvest did was with Kawasaki Motors Corporation in which they donated two of the newest Kawasaki Ninja motorcycles to auction off and raise money for their charity. The funds raised will help feed hundred of thousands of people in the New York City area. City Harvest's director of corporate partnerships, Robyn Stein, states that this same event in 2011 brought in more than 900 people and helped raise over $1 million for their charity. City Harvest also has an important partnership with The New York Mets. The Mets have previously helped City Harvest hold a food drive at Citi Field. Fans that participated by donating ten items or more of perishable canned foods were given one pair of tickets to a Mets game. Fans also received discounts off selected items from the Mets Team Store at Citi Field. Even more recently, City Harvest partnered with Wisconsin potato farmers who donated 80,000 pounds of spuds in efforts to help feed a large number of people who were affected by Hurricane Sandy in late October. To help this partnership a number of companies helped cover shipping costs including, Ansay and Associates, Neenah; Grace Fellowship, Bryant; the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Associated (WPVGA), Antigo; and Sowinski Trucking LLC; Rhinelander.

Careers
Currently, City Harvest is hiring for the following positions:
 * Associate Direct, Transportation
 * Transportation Supervisor
 * Benefit Analyst
 * Epidemiologist- Data Analyst
 * Major and Plan giving Manager
 * Senior Application Developer
 * Cooking Matters AmeriCorps Member
 * Partnerships Intern

Social Media

 * Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestNYC
 * Twitter: https://twitter.com/CityHarvest