2024 Annual summit
Thank you for joining us at the 2024 Feeding NYS Annual Summit!
ATTENDEES: WHAT DID YOU THINK?
We had an amazing time connecting, learning, and growing together with all of you. Besides all the fun we all had, we hope everyone learned a lot and felt inspired by our incredible community of food bankers across our great state of New York.
Thank you for attending the 2024 Feeding New York State Annual Summit. Please let us know what you thought of the event by completing our short survey by June 28, 2024. When you do, you’ll be entered in a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card.
MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR
AWARDS
Hunger Champion Awards
- Donor of the Year: Williams Cattle – Michael & Melissa Williams
- Food Recovery-Community Impact – Tops Friendly Markets
- Food Recovery: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Lifetime Achievement: Peter Ricardo, Food Bank of Central New York (Retired)
- Above and Beyond: Danielle Vasquez, Feeding Westchester
- Above and Beyond: Amber Thiel, Feedmore Western New York
- Above and Beyond: Marcy McMahon, Foodlink
Comms Clash Contest
- First Place: Food Bank of Central New York
- Second Place: Long Island Cares
THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS
- Steve Terzo, American Dairy Association North East
- Sally Rowland, Department of Environmental Conservation
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Lewis Clark & Sarah Wilfred, DOH HPNAP
- Bekah McMurrain & Emily Maris Walk, Feeding America
- Theresa Russo, Richard Lauricella and Mia Wolfe, Shenker, Russo and Clarke LLP
- Katherine Fritz and Isabelle Panza, Long Island Cares
- Michael Watrous, Food Bank of Central New York
- Jason Yarrington and Bri Harris, Food Bank of the Southern Tier
- Ronald Ladouceur, POSTMKTG
- Kathy Allen, Tops Friendly Markets
2024 SUMMIT STATS
- 100 people in attendance throughout the summit
- All 10 food banks were represented
- City Harvest – 8
- Feeding Westchester – 7
- Feedmore WNY – 4
- Food Bank for NYC – 3
- Food Bank of CNY – 8
- Food Bank of the Southern Tier – 11
- FoodLink – 4
- Island Harvest – 3
- Long Island Cares – 7
- Regional Food Bank – 20
- Steffani’s Hug-O-Meter – a WHOPPING 131 hugs
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
OTHER PARTNERS IN ATTENDANCE
- HATCH for HUNGER
- Fresh Connect Central
- POSTMKTG
- Center for EcoTechnology
- Feeding America
