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Youth Opportunities

There are many ways for kids and teens to get involved with City Harvest’s work.

Volunteer, run a food drive, fundraise or participate in any of the activities listed below. We’ll recognize participants as a Harvest Hero—a group of young supporters who help City Harvest provide free food to New Yorkers in need—and we might feature you on our website, social or in our e-newsletter!

Volunteer

City Harvest welcomes children ages 10 and up to lend a hand at volunteer repacks! Volunteers repack food from large containers into family-sized bags to be more easily distributed to New Yorkers in need.

Field Trips

We are welcoming school groups ages 6-9 for field trips to our Food Rescue Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where students will learn about our work, have a guided tour of our warehouse, and participate in a hands-on volunteer activity.

Food Drives

Help keep the shelves stocked at our partner food pantries by starting a food drive with your school or community group.

 Gideon Burtka-Harris Farm Stand

Fun-Raiser

Start a City Harvest fundraiser for birthdays, celebrations, and more!

 Draw Hope to Drive Hope

Draw Hope to Feed Good

Color or draw on one of our downloadable illustrations, then help spread the word about our work feeding NYC’s children or mail it in to thank our drivers.

Reduce Food Waste

Follow these tips to reduce food waste in your home.

Select Hoops Volunteers

Harvest Heroes Highlights

Select Hoops Volunteers

Thank you to student athletes from Select Hoops for joining us for a volunteer repack! Alongside other volunteers, they helped to pack 1,150 bags of pears and 2,103 bags of apples to be distributed to New Yorkers in need.

Harvest Heroes Highlights

Léman Manhattan

Shoutout to the 5th graders at Léman Manhattan for volunteering with City Harvest! They helped to pack 3,608 bags of apples to be distributed to our neighbors in need.

Harvest Heroes Highlights

The Churchill School & Center

Many thanks to Lower and Upper School students at The Churchill School for hosting a food drive for City Harvest!

Harvest Heroes Co-Chairs

Madeline Zakarian · George Zakarian · Anna Zakarian · Harper Burtka-Harris · Gideon Burtka-Harris

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