New
York, NY – May 11, 2010
- City
Harvest held its sixth
annual On Your Plate
luncheon today at the
Metropolitan
Club in Manhattan. The
reception took place at
11:30 AM, while the
luncheon and discussion
began at noon.
The event featured a
talk and panel
discussion with Silda
Wall Spitzer, as well as
a panel of public,
independent and
parochial school
children recognized for
their commitment to City
Harvest. The event was
co-chaired by Joy Ingham
and Topsy Taylor.
Society columnist and
longtime City Harvest
Supporter, David Patrick
Columbia, was the
honorary chair.
Silda Wall Spitzer is
the founding chair of
Children for Children, a
not-for-profit through
which more than 200,000
young people volunteer
across the country and
globally annually. At
the event, Ms. Spitzer
spoke about the
importance of service
and encouraging the next
generation to continue
the missions of
important organizations
in the city.
Tickets to this year’s
On Your Plate
luncheon ranged from
$350 - $1,000 and tables
ranged from $5,000 -
$15,000.
Last year’s event
attracted over 200
guests and raised almost
$230,000 to support City
Harvest’s work feeding
New York’s hungry. For
more information please
call
917-351-8725, email
events@cityharvest.org
or
visit
www.cityharvest.org
About City Harvest
Now serving New York
City for over 25 years,
City Harvest is the
world’s first food
rescue organization,
dedicated to feeding the
city’s hungry men, women
and children. This year,
City Harvest will
collect more than 20
million pounds of excess
food from all segments
of the food industry,
including restaurants,
grocers, corporate
cafeterias,
manufacturers and farms.
This food is then
delivered free
of charge to more than
600 community food
programs throughout New
York City using a fleet
trucks and bikes as well
as volunteers on foot.
Each week, City Harvest
helps over 260,000
hungry New Yorkers find
their next meal.