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Penguin Random House participated in City Harvest’s Share Lunch Fight Hunger campaign for the 16th year, supporting efforts to address food insecurity in New York City. In addition to fundraising, we hosted a dedicated volunteer repack shift at City Harvest’s Cohen Community Food Rescue Center in Brooklyn, where employees helped prepare food for local distribution.

In a time of great need, with 1 in 4 children facing food insecurity, Penguin Random House is proud to partner with City Harvest to feed NYC kids and their families. Learn more about Share Lunch Fight Hunger here. 

NEW YORK, NY (2020)

In December 2020, nearly a hundred employee volunteers from PRH US participated in our 9th annual Dinner on the House in partnership with City Harvest, a volunteer experience designed to serve others and share our good fortune with those who may need a helping hand during the holiday season. We’ve previously held this event as an in-person volunteering experience at City Harvest‘s food rescue facility in Long Island City. This year, with in-person volunteering no longer a viable option due to the pandemic, we looked to City Harvest, an organization focused on feeding hungry New Yorkers,  to create new, virtual volunteer opportunities for our employees. Employees volunteered in one of two ways:

• Holiday Greeting Cards: City Harvest delivers food to over 400 community food programs serving thousands more New Yorkers a day than before the pandemic. Our volunteers wrote holiday greeting cards to send to City Harvest’s many partners. 
• Mini Mesh Bags: During the holiday season, City Harvest Repackers use thousands of mesh bags each day to pack fresh produce that will go into their trucks and be delivered to food pantries and community food programs across the five boroughs. Our volunteers helped make these bags which keeps costs down and ensures more money can be spent on emergency food.

In addition to our employees donating their time, Penguin Random House made a donation to City Harvest as part of the Repack to Give Back campaign, which will provide 200,000 pounds of produce and non-perishable goods to 384,000 families in need this holiday season.

Dinner on the House is an annual employee volunteer experience designed to serve those who may need a helping hand during the holiday season. For the past fourteen years, Penguin Random House volunteers have joined City Harvest at their Food Rescue Center to help repack food items into family-sized portions for distribution to New Yorkers in need.