Feeding and empowering those we serve to move beyond the lines of poverty.
Achievements
2010 - Initiated POS Electronic Food Stamp screening and application with Food Bank for NYC and HRA two days weekly.
2010 - Community Service Excellence Award, Queens, by Food Bank for New York City.
2009 - Initiated Client Choice pantry selection model for food distribution.
2008 - Partnership created with St. John’s Bread, Brooklyn implementing ETO database software designed by Robin Hood Foundation to help qualify and counsel clients on social service programs.
2007 - Partnership created with Trader Joe’s, Rego Park .
2007 – Expansion of Vitamin Program to include adult vitamins and supplements.
2007 – Awarded Volunteer Group Of The Year from Terence Cardinal Cook Health Care Center , Manhattan for The Rounds Program services.
2006 - Partnership created with Care to Knit.
2006 - Relationship with Penny Harvest/Common Cents student advocates began.
2005 - Initiation of the Back to School Program; annually supplying backpacks and supplies for children of our food service programs.
2005 - Partnership created with State Farm Insurance of Long Island, NY.
2004 - Acceptance as a NYC Emergency Food Pantry with EFAP.
2004 - Partnership created with Nourish America initiating the Vitamin Relief program;supplying monthly children’s vitamins.
2004 - Partnership created with New York Cares initiating the Winter Coat Program; providing new and gently used winter coats.
2004 - Partnership created with World Vision enhancing existing programs.
2004 - Partnership created with Hope on Wheels enhancing existing programs.
2004 - Certificate of Honor awarded by Queens Borough President Helen Ma rshallfor services provide through the Rounds Program to the mentally/physically challenged.
2003 - Phillip Morris grants TRFNY a cargo van.
2003 - Phillip Morris grants on-site Pantry renovations.
2003 - Grand opening on-site food pantry.
2003 - Partnership created with Herr’s Chips.
2003 - Initiation of the Healthy Snack Program.
2002 - Partnership created with Gold’s Gym, Howard Beach to serve needy children.
2002 - Expansion and relocation of TRFNY to a larger facility in Richmond Hill , Queens.
2002- Established as a member of Food Bank for New York City.
2002 - Partnership created with John Thiessen’s Toys for Sick Children.
2002 - Partnership created with Verrazano Brooklyn Rotary Club.
2000 - Expansion of Under the Boardwalk to include Oceanview Adult Home, Brooklyn .
1999 - Initiation of Under the Boardwalk, movable food outreach to Coney Island Brooklyn.
1998 - Received 501c3 exemption status.
1997- Initiation of Holiday Gift Giving Program, providing toys, personal care items, clothing etc.
1996 - Initiation of the Movable Feast to supplement meals to soup kitchens in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
1995- Imitation of Street Relief, mobile food outreach to Rufus King Park in Jamaica , Queens.
1994 - Expansion of the Rounds Program to include long term care facilities, The Fineson Centers, Queens and Housing Works, Manhattan.
1992 - Expansion of the Rounds Program to include a long term care facility caring for infants/children living with HIV/AIDS, Incarnation Children’s Center, Manhattan.
1991 - The River Fund New York, Inc. was founded and initiated the Rounds Program, providing baked goods and gifts to residents of a long term health care facility, Terence Cardinal Cooke, Manhattan.
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The River Fund of New York provides food relief to the neediest New Yorkers: