News from HANNYS

02/07/2023

Congressman invites Mark Emanatian, Executive Director of CDALF, tireless advocate & union leader

Tonko Announces State of the Union Guest

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01/11/2023

Formed out of a partnership between The Food Pantries for the Capital District NYS Community Food Assistance Network (CFAN) and the Hunger Action Network of New York State, The Alliance is a collaborative effort of community-based food assistance providers and stakeholders to reduce food insecurity in New York State. The Alliance convenes stakeholders, coordinates collective impact activities, provides a forum for information sharing, and is a network to increase capacity and nutritious food supply to direct food assistance equitably and efficiently to our communities. We are a voice for community-based food assistance providers and our community members experiencing food insecurity.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲:
The Broome County Council of Churches/CHOW, […]

12/27/2022
Here in NY’s Capital Region, we are seeing increases in service levels and pantries are struggling. You can see stats below. We held a press conference yesterday and received some good publicity. If you are having a similar situation in your region and think the media links below would help you raise awareness in your own community through social media, please feel free to share! Or if you have media from your own region that would like to share with us, please do, so we can amplify the message!

WAMC: https://www.wamc.org/news/2022-12-14/capital-district-food-pantries-hit-by-rising-food-fuel-prices

WTEN: https://www.news10.com/news/local-news/capital-region-food-pantries-express-urgent-need-amid-inflation-increased-demand/

Spectrum: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2022/12/14/food-pantries-teeter-on-the-brink-ahead-of-holidays

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 […]

07/18/2022
Dear President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the Biden-Harris Administration,

The Food Pantries for the Capital District is honored to provide feedback and stories of people with lived experiences of food insecurity and chronic health conditions to the Biden-Harris Administration to help inform the upcoming September 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

Please see attached document. Feel free to reach out with any questions or for more information.

We look forward to working with you towards a hunger free America!

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05/05/2022
WTEN 10 in Albany featured a story about the impact of inflation on most vulnerable families in the Capital District. Natasha Pernicka, Executive Director of the Food Pantries for the Capital District and convenor of Community Food Assistance of NYS and Angela Warner, Director of the St Vincent Food Pantry and Board President of Hunger Action of New York State. They share the region wide increase in need and on the ground at a local food pantry.

Food pantries serving more families as inflation continues […]