MEDIA ALERT: Public Officials to Attend Groundbreaking for Bronx Food Provider’s New Facility

May 14, 2010 - PRLog -- Part of the Solution Groundbreaking Event

WHEN: Monday, May 17, 2010, 9:30 – 11:30 am

WHERE:
Part of the Solution
2761-2763 Webster Avenue
Bronx, NY 10458

WHAT:
Part of the Solution (POTS), one of the first emergency food providers located in the Bronx, will break ground on a new facility that will serve more than 10,000 people annually. Public officials attending the event include US Congressman José E. Serrano, New York Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs, City Council Member Joel Rivera and City Council Member Annabel Palma. The construction of the facility was made possible through financing from the nonprofit community development financial institution Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), an investment from Chase and philanthropic support.

WHY:
New York’s 16th District, where POTS is located, has been named the “hungriest” in the nation in a recent study by the Washington, D.C.-based Food Research and Action Center. In the study, “Food Hardship: A Closer Look at Hunger,” nearly 37% of district residents reported that they did not have enough money to buy food in the last 12 months, the highest rate in the country.

WHO:
•   US Congressman José E. Serrano
•   New York Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs
•   City Council Member Joel Rivera
•   City Council Member Annabel Palma
•   Sister Mary Alice Hannan, O.P., Executive Director, Part of the Solution
•   Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan, Chief Operating Officer, Low Income Investment Fund
•   Priscilla Almodovar, Chief Operating Officer, Chase Community Development Banking

VISUALS:
Public officials participating in groundbreaking ceremony; new site under construction.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
•   Maureen Fergus Sheehan, Part of the Solution, (718) 213-0595, maureen@potsbronx.org
•   Samantha Hojo, Low Income Investment Fund, (415) 489-6113, shojo@liifund.org
•   Michael Fusco, Chase, (212) 270-5089, michael.f.fusco@jpmchase.com