Skip Lunch Fight Hunger is a city-wide initiative that asks individuals to donate what they would normally spend on lunch to help feed New York City's hungry children and their families.

Skip Lunch Fight Hunger 2009 has a new look and feel!
Each team and participant gets their own homepage to upload photos, set their goals and send emails to invite everyone to join in the fight against hunger by signing up to be part of your team or starting their own team! The more teams and participants we recruit, the more children and families we can feed in this critical time of economic uncertainty.

Start your fundraising now!

Make an even bigger impact on the lives of hungry New Yorkers this year. Don't wait until May 6th, instead do something fun leading up to the event, run a bake sale, donate $10 to wear jeans on Fridays, put a coin collection jar out now or donate your lunch money once a week until May 6, 2009. Start early and get creative!

You can help City Harvest to feed more New Yorkers over the coming year. As we all know, 2009 promises to be a very challenging year and with an increase of New Yorkers needing to access emergency food, the need for City Harvest is critical! We all share the responsibility of helping the most vulnerable in our city.

The Skip Lunch Fight Hunger goal this year is $600,000 - YOU can help us get there!

More ideas are below, but also please send us any fun and exciting ideas you have and perhaps you can be profiled in Metro New York!

Read more facts about Skip Lunch Fight Hunger (opens as a PDF)

START A TEAM

Starting a team is an easy and fun way to bring your colleagues, friends and family together behind you in your fight against hunger. Team Captains are individuals that champion the cause by recruiting others to fundraise and help City Harvest to feed hungry children and their families during the summer months. Register your team today, and then personalize your team and participant page. Email everyone you know, inviting them to participate or to donate to your cause. Your first step is to sign up.

SPREAD THE WORD

Update your team and individual fundraising page and email it to everyone! You can tell everyone you know about Skip Lunch Fight Hunger and how they can start teams at their offices or with their friends. Don't forget to join our group on Facebook.

By being a "Top Ten" fundraising team you get your company logo or Team name on the official
City Harvest Skip Lunch Fight Hunger truck for a full year.

View our 2008 New York Times ad thanking our top 25 fundraising companies. This years full-page thank you ad will be published in Metro New York, sponsor of Skip Lunch Fight Hunger 2009.

Click here for some ideas to kick start fundraising in your office.

Click here to find out about the additional incentives we're offering teams for 2009.

Download a poster to hang in your office!
Click here to download (legal size, 8.5 x 14 inch, PDF file)
Click here to download (letter size, 8.5 x 11 inch, PDF file)

Click here to make a donation.

The Skip Lunch Fight Hunger staff is here to help you and your company succeed! You can call on us anytime for support and questions. Contact Erin Bennett at skiplunch@cityharvest.org.

Sign your team up today!

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