  "After working all day, coming home to an empty kitchen is hard. The juice is always the first thing to go.
"But we are so lucky. We can come here and get a good hot meal or a bag of groceries that will pull us through." Read this and other stories of people we help.
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CookShop
New York City's low-income neighborhoods suffer from a high incidence of diet-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension — resulting largely from a diet high in fat, calories and sodium. In these neighborhoods, a lack of healthy food sources combined with an overabundance of inexpensive, low-quality food options makes healthy lifestyles difficult at best. To address these issues, the Food Bank's suite of CookShop Programs — a key element of our overall approach to childhood hunger — encourages the development of healthy diets while helping participants meet challenges to healthy living. For more information on our suite of CookShop Programs, contact Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, Director of Nutrition & Health Education.
Using hands-on exploration and cooking activities, CookShop Classroom encourages healthy eating habits at New York City public elementary schools and after-school and summer programs.
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