About Skip Lunch Fight Hunger

Skip Lunch Fight Hunger is a citywide initiative that asks individuals to donate what they normally spend on lunch to help fight hunger in New York City. Skip Lunch Fight Hunger was conceived in 2002 by City Harvest board member Dana Cowin, editor in chief of Food & Wine magazine.

On May 6, 2009, some 7,000 participants from nearly 300 teams joined Skip Lunch Fight Hunger, raising funds to help feed hungry kids and their families by donating to City Harvest. In a single day, more than $400,000 was raised enough to help feed over 22,000 kids and their families for an entire summer.

Skip Lunch Fight Hunger Sponsorship Corner

This year, our sponsors are showing off their commitment to Skip Lunch Fight Hunger, and raising critical funds to feed hungry kids this summer! We’d like to share some of what they are doing with you!

In all Citibank branches across the city on May 12, if you stop in to make your personal donation onsite to the Skip Lunch Fight Hunger campaign you get lunch on Citi! Tell your friends and family that bank with Citi, or not, to make their way into any branch in the five boroughs to donate their lunch money to City Harvest!! Lunch is served!

We welcome UnitedHealthcare to our family of sponsors this year! On Wednesday, April 28, UHC held an on-field presentation to City Harvest at Citi Field prior to the start the game – in honor of our partnership around Skip Lunch Fight Hunger. Again, thanks the UHC.

Our friends at Whole Foods Market will be running a register promotion to help Skip Lunch Fight Hunger raise additional funds from May 11 - 13. For every $1 donation made at the register, you will receive a reusable lunch tote to show off to your friends!* Whole Foods Market is also donating private cooking classes at their Bowery location Culinary Center as incentive prizes for the top teams! * New York City locations only. One bag per customer, while supplies last.

Don’t forget to grab your METRO NEW YORK on Monday, May 10th. Inside will be our signature brown bag!

In all NYC buildings that have Captivate TV’s you will begin seeing the SLFH PSA.

Our Public Service Announcements on NBC4 & Telemundo47 began running this week, so stay tuned and keep an eye out!

Also coming up will be a New York Mets player public appearance, team captain night out at Citi Field once again and so much more!

Start your fundraising now!

Make an even bigger impact on the lives of hungry New Yorkers this year. Don't wait until May 12, 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 12, 2010. Start early and get creative!

You can help City Harvest to feed more New Yorkers over the coming year. As we all know, 2010 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.

Visit our Fundraising Toolkit to help reach your goal. Please send us any fun and exciting ideas you have and perhaps you can be profiled on our website!

Start a Team

The Harvester Team at Team Appreciation Night 2009!

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 individual page. Get the word out to everyone you know, inviting them to participate or donate to your team. Your first step is to register.

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.

By being a Top Five 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 2009 Metro New York ad thanking our top 25 fundraising teams. This year’s full-page thank you ad will be published in Metro New York, sponsor of Skip Lunch Fight Hunger 2010.

Click here to download from our Fundraising Toolkit.

Click here to find out about the additional incentives we're offering teams for 2010.

Download the Skip Lunch Fight Hunger poster!

Click here to download (legal size, 8.5 x 14 inch, PDF file)

Click here to make a donation.

The Skip Lunch Fight Hunger staff is here to help you and your team succeed! You can contact us anytime for support and questions. Contact us at 917-351-8764 or skiplunch@cityharvest.org.

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