1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Oh, welcome, Wake you up, Wake you up, wakes up 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: the program, your alarm. 3 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 2: The power one oh five point one on iHeartRadio Morning. 4 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 3: Everybody is DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne, the gud We 5 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 3: are the breakfast Club La La ROAs is here as well. 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 3: We got some special guests in the building. Yes, indeed 7 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 3: we have a Leslie Gordon and Zach Hall. Welcome, Thank 8 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 3: you this morning. 9 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:20,799 Speaker 4: What's up? 10 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 3: How we doing from the Food Bank of New York City? 11 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, nobody does better work, you know, in regards 12 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: to helping people that are food and secured in the 13 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: Food Bank of New York City. 14 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 4: Man. 15 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: Amen, and you know y'all have your fifty million meals campaign? 16 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: Tell us what that is? 17 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, So look here in New York City, about twenty 18 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 4: percent of our neighbors, almost every street, every borough, struggle 19 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 4: with knowing when their next meal is coming from, what 20 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 4: it's going to be. You know, if you don't have 21 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 4: enough food, it becomes like you're every minute, every moment, 22 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 4: where's it going to come from? What's it gonna be? 23 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 4: How am I going to feed my family? And so 24 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 4: we're on a roll, We're on a mission. We're on 25 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 4: a campaign. We want to make sure we raise fifty 26 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 4: million meals by the end of this calendar year. Wow, 27 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 4: and you've been great, right, thank you for being in 28 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 4: it to win it with us. Thank you for helping 29 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 4: people to understand and appreciate the nature of not having enough. 30 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 4: Looks like that's right. 31 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: What is the biggest misconception? I want both of you 32 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: to answer this. What's the biggest misconception people have about 33 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: who is food and secure and why? 34 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 4: Well? 35 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: I always, you know, I want to tell people that 36 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 2: it's not the homeless man on the street, right, Like, 37 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 2: these are folks that are you see every day, These 38 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: folks that are in your building working on jobs all 39 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: across the city that are just trying to make meeting. 40 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 2: The cost of living in New York City is so 41 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: high that, like Leslie said, it's twenty percent of New 42 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 2: York City. That's that's a million and three hundred thousand people. 43 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: This is a good size American city, right, So these 44 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: are folks that you know, are trying to get their 45 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: kids to school, trying to make sure mom and dad 46 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 2: in retirement aren't struggling to afford the medications that they need. 47 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 2: And we just need you know, a kind of citywide 48 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: effort to make sure we can feed our neighbors. 49 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: One one thing I thought, especially during the government shutdown, 50 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: you know, actual federal workers coming to the food bank, 51 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: the warm people lowing that benefit, the armed people on it, 52 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: no any type with welfare. They just couldn't make ends 53 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: me because they weren't getting any paychecks, so they had 54 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: to go to the food bank. 55 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 4: Yeah. You know here in America they say, most people 56 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 4: are about, you know, one paycheck away from finding themselves 57 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 4: on standing on a pantry line going to a community 58 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 4: kitchen to get a hot meal. We had this incredible couple, 59 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 4: you know, come visit us in Queen's They said, you know, 60 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 4: we haven't been on a pantry line since the last 61 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 4: government shut down twenty and eighteen, twenty nineteen. Our daughter 62 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 4: has a scholarship at Cornell. She's coming home. We need 63 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 4: to be able to gather around the table for Thanksgiving 64 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 4: just like any other family, and so we need the food. 65 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 4: The amazing thing about it is is that there's such 66 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 4: an incredible spirit of gratitude. Right we're in that season 67 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 4: of gratitude. And so this same couple who stood on 68 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 4: the line, they took their groceries home. The guy comes 69 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 4: back about half an hour later. Our teams out on 70 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 4: the ground like they normally are, and thought he forgot something, 71 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 4: maybe he needs something else, And he said, no, I'm 72 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 4: gonna roll up my sleeves. I'm here to help put 73 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 4: me to work. What can I do? Yeah, it's incredible. 74 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 5: How did the government shut down impact the operations like 75 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 5: to provide the food? 76 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we're made for moments like this at 77 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 4: Food Bank for New York City. We've got such an 78 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 4: incredible team and we've got, you know, great ambassadors like 79 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 4: all of you and Charlemagne here, and so that when 80 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 4: the demand rises, we rise right along with it to 81 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 4: make sure New Yorkers have what they need. But if 82 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 4: I'm being really honest, that's where we need people to 83 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 4: stand shoulder to shoulder with us, right, We need them 84 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 4: to be in it with us three hundred and sixty 85 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 4: five days a year. That's the thing. Hunger doesn't take 86 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 4: a holiday, right. We tend to have these conversations around 87 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 4: the holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving. You know, people are hungry all 88 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 4: year long, and there's everybody can find themselves on our journey, right, 89 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 4: That's what's really special speaking as objectively as I can 90 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 4: about what we do at food Bank for New York City, Right, And. 91 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: You know the shutdown you mentioned that, you know, SNAP 92 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: benefits were halted for the first time in history. Right, 93 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 2: So we had two weeks of folks just not getting 94 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: into the food they need to get to get by, 95 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: and that saw a surge and demanded our pantries across 96 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 2: the city. And that's something that we don't want to repeat. 97 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 2: You know this, Folks shouldn't be punished for politics, and 98 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: this is about people, not about partisanship. And we make 99 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 2: sure that folks in America are being fed and having 100 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 2: Most SNAP recipients are tax paying working families, but they're 101 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: just they weren't getting their benefits. So we want to 102 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 2: make sure that doesn't happen again. Fortunately, you know then 103 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 2: the government was being funded through September thirtieth the next year. 104 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 2: I thank god. But you know, shutdowns really really impact 105 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: people way more than just work has not shut up 106 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 2: to work. It's about a lot lots of systems being impacted. 107 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 4: It's about affordability. I mean, let's just be really honest. 108 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 6: Right, I just want to ask how frustrating is it 109 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 6: for you guys, because you're really on the ground seeing 110 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 6: these people in these families. When you see headlines and 111 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 6: politicians making it about Republican Democrat, it's a different experience 112 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 6: for you as you're meeting these families, right, So, like, 113 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 6: what's that experience in talking to those people as they're 114 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 6: watching that happen. 115 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, go ahead. 116 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: I think it's just basic needs, right, Like everybody eats, 117 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 2: So we're going to make sure that that's a fundamental 118 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 2: kind of a condition of survival in this country and 119 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 2: in the city. This isn't about an urban or a 120 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 2: suburban or a rural issue. Hunger affects everybody across the country. 121 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 2: And the shutdown through that into stark relief. Right, so, 122 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, forty two million people in the 123 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 2: country didn't have snap benefits. And the politics of it 124 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 2: is not a parent for us. We're serving households that 125 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 2: have come to us no matter any type of political persuasion, 126 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 2: and we're here to serve everybody. And you know, it 127 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 2: is frustrating that our elected leaders can't get along and 128 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 2: figure this out, and that's something that we always push for. Like, 129 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 2: you know, policy means that people are impacted, and how 130 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 2: can we come together, you know, party set aside, and 131 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: just move the country forward. 132 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: What policy or systemic change would make the single biggest 133 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:27,559 Speaker 1: impact right now in regards to keeping hunger from riding. 134 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean wages, that's always a big thing. Right. 135 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 4: The cost of living all across the country, and especially 136 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 4: right here in New York City is far out paced 137 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 4: wage increases. You know what we know. Here's check this 138 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 4: out for a minute. So if you live in New 139 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 4: York City, what we know is that you need to 140 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 4: make a minimum of one hundred thousand dollars just to 141 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 4: make ends meet. Right, rent eats first. I constantly say, so, 142 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 4: after you've paid the light bill, after you've paid for rent, right, transportation, 143 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 4: gas in the car, shoes for your kids, all of that, 144 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 4: There isn't a whole lot left, right, And so we 145 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 4: need to work on wages. Housing, right, We all talk 146 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:13,119 Speaker 4: about housing a lot. That's a very serious issue. It's 147 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 4: it's really hard to live your best life when you 148 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 4: don't really know where you're gonna live, or it's taking 149 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 4: up a big chunk of your salary. We've got to 150 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 4: we've got to come together and fix it. 151 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 3: I was going to ask when it comes to everything 152 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 3: that's going on in the world, our donations and contributions 153 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 3: down or is it up? How is that looking? 154 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 4: Yeah? I mean that's what's so special about New Yorkers, right, 155 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 4: is that we've got such a spirit of coming together 156 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 4: in the best of times and in the worst of times, 157 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 4: including all of you, And so folks have continued to 158 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 4: be generous in some of the most impressive ways. It's 159 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 4: it's quite frankly humbling. It's one of the best parts 160 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 4: of my job is when people step forward and raise 161 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 4: the hand and say, how can I help? What can 162 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 4: I do? But it's not enough. Right. We're on pace 163 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 4: to maybe distribute about one hundred million pounds of good, 164 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 4: nutritious food this year, wow, which is crazy here in 165 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 4: New York City. And that doesn't even begin to fill 166 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 4: in the bucket. So we need to people to be 167 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 4: at it with us long term. When we talk about 168 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 4: the government shutdown, for example, so people say, oh, the 169 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 4: government's back in business again. Well, here's what happened when 170 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 4: the shutdown occurred. People started putting groceries and other bills 171 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 4: on credit cards. They started borrowing from friends IOUs And 172 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 4: what we know is that when that happens, it can 173 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:48,959 Speaker 4: take years to get yourself back into a stable place again. 174 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 2: And you can't pay your credit card bills with benefits. 175 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 2: Your hustlings are trying cover the costs that you incurred. 176 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 2: They're trying to feed yourself. 177 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 4: You can't buy diapers, right, none of that. 178 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 5: I know a lot of people may feel that donating 179 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 5: is like it has to be expensive, Like the donation 180 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 5: has to be expensive. Is it true that a dollar 181 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 5: will one dollar could be five Well, five meals can 182 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 5: get you five meals. 183 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 4: Look, we try and be as efficient as possible. Food's 184 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 4: gotten increasingly expensive. We're really good at what we do. 185 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 4: You know. We work with cheers for the New York 186 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 4: State farmers, right, we try and support our own New 187 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 4: Jersey farmers, Connecticut farmers. So yeah, it does go a 188 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 4: long way. I would say between three and five meals 189 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 4: for sure. 190 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 5: Nice. 191 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 2: No donation is too big and no donation is too small. Yeah, really, yeah, 192 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 2: we see different ways to invest in our work. You can. 193 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: Certainly the monetary piece is really critical right now, unless 194 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 2: he's describing getting us to the point where we can 195 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 2: get fifty million meals. Yeah, but it's also volunteering and advocating. 196 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 2: It's another critical piece for us is making sure community 197 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: voices are heard elected officials, policy gets improved, and then 198 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 2: we can get you know, those those components that help 199 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 2: folks live better lives, you know, in place. 200 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 3: Now, if somebody's out there and then listening out, explain 201 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 3: how it works. Like, you know, you're from Queens or 202 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 3: you're in the city, what's the process? I can just 203 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 3: go up to any food bank and wait online and 204 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 3: get food on my outside waiting in line. Like what 205 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,319 Speaker 3: is the process for people that don't know? 206 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,319 Speaker 4: Yeah, so no barriers to service, right. We want to 207 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 4: make accessing food as a fundamental right as the way 208 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 4: that we see it easy for individuals, for older adults, 209 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 4: for families. And so we've got this cool food finder 210 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 4: that we've spent a lot of time developing. So you 211 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 4: can visit us at FOODBANKNYC dot org. Click on you know, 212 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 4: find food and it'll bring up a map. You just 213 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 4: put in your zip code and it'll give you a 214 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,439 Speaker 4: sense of either where someplace close to where you work, 215 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 4: someplace close to where you live where you can find 216 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 4: a pantry. And you know, we want it to be 217 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 4: a dignified experience. So years ago, if people who are 218 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 4: listening have sort of an older reflection on going to 219 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 4: a food pantry or a community kitchen. It used to 220 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 4: be hello, and you get a bag. Now things have 221 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 4: shifted pretty dramatically. We want it to be like a 222 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: mock grocery store experience as much as we possibly can 223 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 4: within our network. And so you go and we welcome 224 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 4: you warmly, right, we want it to be We want 225 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 4: you to be seen, We want you to be heard. 226 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 4: When you come. We want to talk about what else 227 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 4: is going on for you, right, because food and security 228 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 4: is a continuum of things, and so you know, if 229 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 4: you're a family of four, Let's say you come in 230 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 4: and instead of money, we give you a set of points. 231 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 4: It's called client choice. You get a set of points 232 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 4: and you shop around in a mock supermarket style experience, 233 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 4: and you can pick what makes sense for your families 234 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 4: and what you want for yourselves. Because I tell people 235 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 4: food isn't nutritious if you won't eat it, right, think 236 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 4: about that. It's really you're not seeing if somebody hands 237 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 4: you a ham or a chicken, but you're rid shariant 238 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 4: or your vegan, right, like, what you what are you 239 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 4: gonna do? Then? And so we want to make. We 240 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 4: want to make the healthy choice, the easy choice, but 241 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 4: we all also want you to feel like home. 242 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 2: And we're you know, New York City is such a 243 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 2: diverse place, as you know, communities and cultures from all over, 244 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 2: and we want to make sure that that food is 245 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 2: you know, in front of folks, that that it's familiar 246 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 2: and means that they can feed their family in the with. 247 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 3: It makes sense Now, I don't need a license, I 248 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 3: don't have to prove that i'm this. I just go 249 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 3: down there and say, hey, this is what I need, 250 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 3: and out you can. 251 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 2: You can, like as you said, go to go to 252 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 2: our website, find a pantry in your area. I would 253 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 2: call them to make sure that the hours are you 254 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 2: know what they're stating, because those things can change, especially 255 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 2: around the holidays and so forth. But yeah, we want 256 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 2: to make it as minimally invasive as possible folks to 257 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 2: show up and get the nutritius for that they need. 258 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 3: Now, what about for immigrants? Immigrants allowed it this absolute no. 259 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 4: Barriers to service. Right, We're not here to judge you. 260 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 4: We're here to help you live your best life, no 261 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 4: matter where you come from, when, no matter when, you 262 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 4: reach out for support we're gonna be here for you. 263 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: You're still cutting line in front of the locals. 264 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, it gets a little ruck it's. 265 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: A little hectic to see to him. But I know 266 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: you'all partner with a lot of you know, pantry to 267 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: community organizations. What do you hear from nim on the 268 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: ground that isn't making headlines? 269 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 4: You know, there was an article, I think it was 270 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 4: The New York Times over the weekend in an accompanying 271 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 4: video where you see a woman taking a carton of 272 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 4: twelve eggs and cutting it in half, just so that 273 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 4: you can still spread around the resources. And so the 274 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,319 Speaker 4: demand is super high. You know what's interesting is I've 275 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 4: been in this work nearly twenty years, and we've never 276 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 4: seen the amount of people standing online as high as 277 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 4: it is today. And so we're having to do more 278 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 4: with less. And so that's just another reason why we 279 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 4: need everybody's who's listening to be in it with a 280 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 4: not only now, but for the long term. But can 281 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 4: you imagine that taking a cart and eggs and you 282 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 4: got to cut it in a half so that this 283 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 4: family can have sex and that family can have sex. 284 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 4: It's not what we want to be doing. 285 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,439 Speaker 2: It's also really time intensive, right, Like thinking about you know, 286 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 2: folks are often telling us that the pantries that folks 287 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 2: are lining up, you know, five six in the morning 288 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 2: for nine o'clock, ten o'clock opening, So thinking like that's 289 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 2: a job, right, I think that's your early riser if 290 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 2: you're getting to a pantry line that early. And I 291 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 2: think folks don't recognize that it's really exhausting and time 292 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 2: intensive to navigate poverty and being in a situation where 293 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 2: you're food and secure and you got to you know, 294 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 2: kind of spend so much energy and time to try 295 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 2: to make you know, basic ends meat. 296 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 4: What we hear is that people are super stressed, right, 297 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 4: super stressed. It feels demoralizing. You know, people are quick 298 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 4: to flare, they're angry, they're they're frustrated. You know, they 299 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 4: they care about policy, but at the end of the day, 300 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 4: it's about feeding themselves in their families. 301 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 2: Yeah. I also think that, you know, folks don't realize 302 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 2: that how big of a network that we have. There's 303 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 2: eight hundred plus food pantries and soup kitchens, but also schools, colleges, 304 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 2: healthcare partners, and they really stepped up, like Leslie's saying 305 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 2: during the shutdown, folks were, you know, seeing a lot 306 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 2: of above normal demand, but you know, folks were just there. 307 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 2: I'm gonna We're gonna be here for my communities, their community. 308 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 2: Folks helping each other and being that repository of dignified 309 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 2: service where you can get you know, trusted, nutritious food 310 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 2: in your community is really critical. And that's that's the 311 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 2: thing that goes unsung oftentimes. Our pantry network of these 312 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 2: folks have been doing this for as long as we have, 313 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 2: really forty plus years. 314 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 4: You know, And yeah, I mean it's you see everybody 315 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 4: on the line. The other day, I was out in 316 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 4: the deep part of the South Bronx, which happens to 317 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 4: be one of the neediest communities in all of New 318 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 4: York City. Right, I'm underserved for years, you know, Morrisania, 319 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 4: Mott Haven, Fordham, Hunts Point, all those communities have been 320 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 4: deeply underserved for years. And I love to talk to 321 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 4: people on the line. One guy comes up and he said, oh, 322 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 4: I'm so excited now I'm going to cook this or 323 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 4: that he's imagining what he's going to make with everything 324 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 4: that we're giving on. I said, oh, you like to cook? 325 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 4: Tell me about that. He said, Yeah, I'm a graduate 326 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 4: of the Culinary Institute of America. I've cooked for some 327 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 4: of the best chefs in America. You know, shower roommate 328 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 4: nameless on your show this morning, but he's out there 329 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 4: on the line. Yeah, he said. You know, between jobs, 330 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:39,479 Speaker 4: I don't always have enough to be able to feed myself, 331 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 4: so I do it. You know, it's everybody you see. 332 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 4: It's postal workers, it's you know, truck drivers, it's teachers. 333 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 4: We see a lot of teachers. It's kind of incredible 334 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 4: about who's actually hungry. 335 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 5: You guys are providing on a large scale. It is 336 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 5: a lot of people that y'all are getting food too. 337 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 5: How do you ensure that the families are being fed 338 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 5: quality meals? 339 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 2: Well, this is one of my favorite parts because we 340 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 2: have dieticians on staff, so they work with our procurement 341 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 2: team to make sure we're bringing in balanced meals you know, 342 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 2: that are culturally relevant, but also you know, whole and 343 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 2: mentally processed foods. And I have heard you talk before 344 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 2: about nutrition is such an important component of you know, 345 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 2: overall health, and we're going to make sure that, you know, 346 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 2: we're not reinforcing some of the you know, chronic health 347 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 2: conditions that are plagued by so many communities who are 348 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 2: also food in secure. It's like the double edged coin 349 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 2: where you're food and secure and you have a diabetes 350 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 2: or a hypertension or cancer, heart disease. 351 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 4: You're sick. Yeah, then you got to take off work 352 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 4: to go to the doctor, and you lose your job 353 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 4: because you can't get to work because you're sick and 354 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 4: you're out at the doctor too much. It ends up 355 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 4: being a vicious cycle and a loop that people find 356 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 4: themselves in, and it's it's pretty crazy. Nutritious food's really 357 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 4: important to us, in addition to getting food that helps 358 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 4: you feel seen and that feels like home. You know 359 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 4: what's interesting is I think about kids in the Bronx. 360 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 4: We saw you out over the summer in the Bronx. 361 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 4: Do you know that there are kids in our own 362 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 4: city who have never had a blueberry? So, you know 363 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 4: what's interesting is is it as a parent, when you 364 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 4: have limited resources, you can't afford to make a mistake. Yeah, 365 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 4: right right, And so you've got to choose stuff that 366 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 4: you know that your kids are going to eat. What 367 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 4: if what if they've never had a blueberry before? And 368 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 4: you don't know if they're going to eat it not sheeap, 369 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 4: it's not cheap. And so that's also part of what 370 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 4: we do is help introduce everyone in New York City, 371 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 4: especially kids too, new and different foods that you know, 372 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 4: mom and dad can't afford to make a mistake on. 373 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,199 Speaker 4: But we're going to make sure that they know what 374 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 4: a blueberry is all about. 375 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 2: I mean, and we've we've been making really amazing strides 376 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 2: towards that end. You know, it was about forty percent 377 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 2: of our our food that goes out the doors produce 378 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 2: or lean protein, like really making sure that that's a 379 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 2: well rounded, balanced blade of food. 380 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 4: Everything that's a you gotta come see right here's my 381 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 4: personal invitation this morning because it's I think it's quite 382 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 4: fascinating the magical dance that happens behind the scenes and 383 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 4: our incredible facility in the Hunts Points section in the 384 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 4: South Bronx every day to make sure that there's food 385 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 4: on the plate tonight for a New Yorker. It's it's 386 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 4: just hats off to our team that picks it up, 387 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 4: puts it down, moves it around with such an incredible 388 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 4: heartfelt spirit every single day. Yes, produce. I would say, 389 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 4: anything you find in a grocery store is what you're 390 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 4: going to find in our inventory. And we're serious. So 391 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 4: no cakes, pies, cookies, sugary drinks, that's that's not what's 392 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 4: in our facility. 393 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 394 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: Now, I've had some good cookies at the food bank, 395 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: that the one in Harlem. 396 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 4: Oh so listen, listen, listen, listen. So she's no joke, right, 397 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,719 Speaker 4: it's the ginger peacht it's those I call them her 398 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 4: slam and chocolate chip cookies. Right, everybody deserves a treat. 399 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 4: We are definitely not the food police. I feel you 400 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 4: on that. So, yes, we've got this amazing Harlem kitchen 401 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 4: right off of Frederick Douglas Boulevard. We've been there for 402 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 4: a lot of years. Chef Sherry and her team spins 403 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 4: out nearly five hundred hot meals a day with love 404 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 4: and yeah, those cookies, you're no joke. 405 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: I feel like that, you know, the food and fan Wycat. 406 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: That's what I love about y'all, the most passion that 407 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: y'all actually have. It doesn't feel like, you know, y'all 408 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: are just doing something for the sake of doing just 409 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: like everybody there is intentional about the mission. I feel 410 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: that way. 411 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean people on my team have been doing 412 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 2: this for twenty twenty five years and so it's you know, 413 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 2: folks that come into the line of business stay at 414 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 2: the organization because we love our people and stick around 415 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 2: and grow and develop. I've been at the food bank 416 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 2: for seventeen years myself, Wow, started as a temp and 417 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 2: you know kind of came into this. Unless has been 418 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 2: doing this for for decades as well. So we have 419 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 2: is passion. I mean, feeding people, it's basic needs. 420 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 4: Man. 421 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 2: You give somebody a bag, looking looking in their eye 422 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 2: and understand that they're going to be better off because 423 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 2: of that. That's not enough, right, That's not enough to 424 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 2: get people whole. But you know, it's something that is 425 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 2: a tribute to the staff that we have a food 426 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 2: bank and take it very very seriously. 427 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: Imagine question, is that, what's one story that reminds you 428 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: why this mission still matters and keeps you motivated. 429 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 2: It's a it's a it's an interesting story because that 430 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 2: is not always about food, right. So we have about 431 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 2: sixty or so hid A twelve pantries, So some pantries 432 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 2: at schools, elementary, middle of high schools, and you know, 433 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 2: with generous funding from City Council and other funders, we've 434 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 2: been able to do this for you know, going on 435 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 2: fifteen years. And part of the distribution that some of 436 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 2: our pantries includes all the food we've been talking about, 437 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 2: but also like some basic needs like hygiene supplies, logic, detergents, soap, shampoo, 438 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 2: those types of things, deodorant. And there's this one. I 439 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 2: was visiting one of the schools, PS thirty and in 440 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 2: the Bronx and just asking the parent corner, how's it going. 441 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 2: She says, oh, you know, like I didn't realize this, 442 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 2: but this pantry has had like these other amazing effects. 443 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 2: There's this one kid in our class, David. He was shy, 444 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 2: never really participating middle schooler, and after his family started 445 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 2: going to the pantry, he started, you know, being more 446 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 2: and more involved in class, participating, raising his hand. It 447 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 2: was because he got deodor and he was concerned that 448 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 2: raising his hand in class. You know, we've all been 449 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: in middle school. Man, that's that's a tough time. You 450 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:44,479 Speaker 2: don't be called out as a kid who could. So 451 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 2: by going to the class he's getting you know, not 452 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 2: only meal has been basic needs, but stuff that prepares 453 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 2: him to be a better learner, right, and like that's 454 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 2: that's like an incredible story of just like how that 455 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 2: that whole whole household view can get kids in a 456 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: better place to be their better self. And she, you know, 457 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 2: she was almost in tears telling me how impactful this 458 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 2: was for for them in their school. 459 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 1: You know, it's remember to deal, remember raise your hands 460 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: if you're sure. Yeah, he was sure that that was 461 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: That was very That was a very effective convers Today 462 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: is Giving Tuesday. 463 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 3: How would you want people to to go about giving? 464 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 2: Is it money? 465 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:24,120 Speaker 3: Is it financial? 466 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 2: Is it work? Is it already above? It's all the above? 467 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 2: Money is uh the the benefit for us is the 468 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 2: most powerful way that we can we can put investments 469 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 2: back into our work in our community. So go to 470 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 2: food Bank and yc dot org, click on donate and 471 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: learn how you can give. No no, no gift us 472 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 2: too big, no gift us too small. But really that 473 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 2: keeps the engines pur across the street delivering all the 474 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 2: food that we do. 475 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 4: It's you know, it's each one, reach one right. Everybody 476 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 4: can find themselves on our journey to empower all New 477 00:23:55,600 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 4: Yorkers for good and so yeah, it fod Bank NYC 478 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 4: dot org. Let's make sure that we're helping to fuel 479 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 4: better days ahead for all of our New Yorkers. 480 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 3: Absolutely, Leslie, Gordon, Zach Hole, thank you so much for 481 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 3: joining us this morning. Appreciate you go out and you 482 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 3: give a little bit, give what you can this morning, 483 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 3: and thank you so much. 484 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 2: Appreciate, thank you. 485 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 3: All Right, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. 486 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 2: Hold up every. 487 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: Day a week ago, up the Breakfast Club. 488 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 2: Finish the y'all done.