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MOBILE PANTRY

IN 1995 RIVER FUND PIONEERED THE MOBILE PANTRY

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1995

RIVER FUND pioneered the Mobile Pantry System at Rufus King Park in Jamaica, Queens. The following year we launched in Coney Island

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2012

The first emergency food program to arrive in flood zones behind Superstorm Sandy distributing 323 tons of product to 87,000

New Yorkers in two months 

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2024

RIVER FUND continues outreach to communities with limited access to food and resources in Queens and Brooklyn

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RIVER FUND was recognized nationally as the 

first organization to craft the Mobile Pantry model under the 

Federal Hunger Prevention Program.

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IMPACT

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New York now has a robust, recognized network of mobile pantries throughout the five boroughs.

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