Dear Neighbors,
I am delighted to announce that the Fresh Food for Seniors program is back for the 2021 season!
Now in its eighth year, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer's and my Fresh Food for Seniors program provides seniors with low cost, mixed bags of fresh produce grown by New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania farmers -- all sourced by GrowNYC.
Sign-up begins the week of September 27th! Scroll below to learn more.
The process is simple:
- Seniors pay $9 cash for their produce bag a week in advance at participating sites, and pick up their produce the following week.
- Each bag contains five to six varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Participants can sign up for just one order at a time so that they can decide how much food they need, when they need it.
Food Bag Delivery Dates for the Upper West Side
Seniors will be able to pick up their produce bags on the following Wednesdays: October 6th, October 20th, November 3rd, and November 17th.
Participating Sites
Goddard Riverside Senior Center
Project Find: Hamilton House
Nat'l Council of Jewish Women Lifetime Learning
Bloomingdale Aging in Place
DOROT
Lincoln House Outreach
Sign-ups begin next week -- Monday, September 27th!
Sign-up dates/times vary by site - please contact your desired site for information.
Initial sign-up for Goddard Riverside Senior Center will be Monday, September 27th from 1-3pm. Registration for subsequent weeks will take place at Goddard during the Wednesday delivery dates from 1-3pm.
For more information, please contact:
- Shula at Manhattan Borough President Brewer's office at (212) 669-2392 or [email protected] or
- Rita at Council Member Rosenthal's office at (212) 873-0282, 206 or [email protected].
We're delighted to see this program return and hope you will participate!
My office is working with seniors, the disabled, the recently un (or under) employed, the food insecure, people with housing issues, and all those suffering the many consequences of this pandemic, to help in any way we can.
Please call (212) 873-0282, leave a message and we will call you back as soon as possible; email [email protected]; or check our website, HelenRosenthal.com. We update it on a regular basis with information about public benefits, non-profit resources, and health facts Upper West Siders need to get through the pandemic.
Warmly,
P.S. Please forward this newsletter to anyone who may find it helpful, or have them subscribe to my e-blasts here.
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