The Food Pantries for the Capital District

So happy to celebrate The Food Pantries for the Capital District coalition members Daquetta P. Jones-Johnson, CEO Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region (left) and Micky Jimenez, Regional Executive Director of the Capital District at Acacia Network (Capital District Latinos) on their Albany Business Review Whole Health Heroes awards presented by Anthem Blue Cross - kudos to our members working to end hunger across the Capital District!

Thank you to our coalition member leadership representatives who joined The Food Pantries for the Capital District team members for an annual impact review & strategy session today! Together, we accomplish more than any of us could alone. Thank you to member Mechanicville Area Community Services Center, Inc. for hosting today! Natasha Pernicka Austin Malachai Hendrix

Thanks so much to Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, Center For Food As Medicine for organizing and moderating the Beyond the Buzz: Defining Food as Medicine virtual panel with Natasha Pernicka - The Food Pantries for the Capital District , Sarah Mastrorocco Instacart, Dorella W.God's Love We Deliver co-moderator Alexina Cather Wellness in the Schools #FAM #FoodAsMedicine #FoodIsMedicine #foodinsecurity Check out this great conversation here:

Tomorrow (3/19) at 1 p.m. (ET), join our Exec. Dir. Natasha Pernicka for a FREE virtual discussion on Food as Medicine as a real solution for public health, hunger relief, and policy reform! 🔗 Save your spot now: https://lnkd.in/eWWyUEuF #FoodAsMedicine #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #NutritionMatters #FoodPolicy #FoodSecurity #FreeEvent

Could you feed yourself for an entire day with just $6 to spend on food? This #nationalnutritionmonth, the Food Research & Action Center's SNAP challenge aims to elevate awareness of the average per-person benefit and the need for stronger food assistance programs. Are you taking part in this year's #SNAPChallenge? Tag The Food Pantries for the Capital District!

Thank you WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Capitol Connection, & David Guistina for inviting our Executive Director Natasha Pernicka on to talk about growing food insecurity across New York!

We're celebrating a special #40Under40 at Albany Business Review! Congratulations to The Food Pantries for the Capital District Board Vice President Alexandra Becker, partner, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP who was named among this year's outstanding #capitalregion young professionals. We are proud to have Alex's partnership in addressing food insecurity for our community members across four counties. Please join us in celebrating Alex!

This week’s Mission Moment shows the teamwork and dedication of The Food Pantries for the Capital District Food Acccess Referral Team, who help connect community members with food pantries and other resources every day, and our 71-member coalition of food pantries, who work tirelessly to keep food on the table of community members who are in need. Proud of our team and our coalition!!! #foodpantry #foodpantries #LocalImpact #doingmoretogether

Collective action. Infinite impact. The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York was born out of the need for food pantry and other frontline community based food providers to get together, share information, learn, support each other, inspire, and advocate. A big shout out to Peyton Y. for all of the support and guidance she provides to our members, and to me. Couldn’t wish for a better partner in crime! Thanks Peyton!

We were thrilled to be at ALBANY WOMANS CLUB this week where our Exec. Dir. Natasha Pernicka spoke to club members about our programs & community members who utilize them including more than 28,508 children (4-17) last year.