Children’s Joy Fund is Back(Pack) in Action!  Join us November 16, 2011, 7:00pm at the Chelsea Room!

Hosted by Carlos Anaya

Children’s Joy Fund is proud to renew our commitment to improving the lives of children in our home state by hosting our second annual fundraiser. This year we are supporting the Food Bank for NYC’s Open Market BackPack Program and Liberty Cafe, a soup kitchen in East New York that feeds nearly 400 people a day. Performing at our latin-flavored club night will be DJ Turmix, and DJ Afroof the Latin Grammy Award-winning band, Los Amigos Invisibles! Our host will be Carlos Anaya, a GLAAD award-winning journalist and multimedia producer known for his high-profile interviews of Latin superstars.

The NY Times reports that 1,006,390 New York children live in FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
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In New York City, one of the richest cities in the world, food poverty is around every corner. Throughout the five boroughs, approximately 1.3 million people — mainly women, children, seniors, the working poor and people with disabilities — rely on soup kitchens and food pantries. Approximately 3 million New Yorkers experience difficulty affording food for themselves and their families, an increase of 60 percent since 2003 (foodbankNYC)

For our 2011 project, we have set our sights on supplying a year’s worth of healthy and nutritious food to children in New York City. The growing rate of hunger among children throughout the boroughs is alarming. With a struggling economy and limited options for families, kids across New York need our help right now to fight hunger and malnutrition.

Purchase your ticket for the Children’s Joy Fund Benefit at Chelsea Room on November 16th or donate above!