Feeding 400 Families

In November, we helped with donations to feed 400 families (or 800 people) at the Children of the City (childrenofthecity.org) annual Thanksgiving food drive. Children of the City has reached thousands of children at home, school, and on the streets and playgrounds since its inception in 1981. Julia Masi talks about it in her blog post here.

It's pretty cool -- this year we went to different food distributors and asked them to donate turkeys and canned foods. We obtained enough food to feed more than 800 people, which my family and I, and other members of Children of the City helped distribute to the families. We had fun, and it felt great.

I know that it is possible to effectively reach and change the lives of many families with support like this -- improving their quality of life by breaking the cyclical effects of poverty and giving them future hope.

This charity serves underprivileged children and families in the inner-city communities of Southwest Brooklyn, helping them to overcome welfare and poverty. Many of them have turned away from lifestyles of violence, overcoming substance abuse.

During the year the organization maintains current information on over 500 families in the community, giving them encouragement and resources, and hoping to give them a better tomorrow.