Your Toolkit
Here are some tips, tools, and facts about hunger in New York City to help you run a successful fundraiser!
Learn everything need to know with your fundraising toolkit.


Leverage social media.
Enlist support through your digital network. Tweet, share and post, tagging City Harvest. Check out our sample social media messages for ideas.

Share your custom link.
Consider including a link to fundraiser page in the signature of your work and personal emails so everyone in your network is aware of your efforts. (Tip: use bitly.com to shorten your link.)

Talk about impact!
Make your fundraising goal tangible by translating it into how many pounds of food City Harvest can rescue and deliver—just 43 cents rescues and delivers one pound of food that would have otherwise gone to waste.

Add a personal touch.
Include a heartfelt personal message on our fundraising page and in emails about why your supporting the cause and your connection to it.

Use our assets.
We're happy to provide you with the tips and tools you need to successfully fund-raise! Take advantage of our stats, facts and tips below or download the full PDF.
Toolkit PDFMaking an Impact
City Harvest is New York's first and largest food rescue organization, helping feed millions of New Yorkers who struggle to put meals on their tables. This year, we will rescue and distribute 75 million pounds of nutritious food to our neighbors in need.
200,000
City Harvest delivers more than 200,000 pounds of food daily.
92¢
92 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to our programs feeding New Yorkers in need.
75,000,000 lbs.
This year, City Harvest will rescue 75 million pounds of nutritious food, more than half of which will be fresh produce.
43¢
It costs City Harvest just 43 cents to rescue and deliver one pound of food.

23 Trucks
City Harvest delivers this food free of charge to nearly 450 soup kitchens, food pantries and other community food programs across the five boroughs, using a fleet of 23 trucks that are on the road seven days a week.
Hunger, Poverty and Food Waste in NYC
Sample Social Media Messages
