“As the American Heart Association reviews Healthy Food Access as a top policy priority, we are grateful for the opportunity to vet ideas and determine points of synergy with others in the network.”
Robin Vitale, Vice President of Health Strategies for New York City at American Heart Association
“As a funder and not being on the ground, it is really good to understand the landscape on the ground from this group. This is very effective way to get up to date.”
Michelle Bae, Program Associate at The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
“I see it as fact finding. I met someone at a meeting whose program was giving out youth stipends and City Harvest had always said it was not possible. So I could point to that program to show how it could be done.”
David DeVaughn, Director of Policy & Community Engagement at City Harvest
“HFRAN offered the opportunity for me to connect with the NYC DOHMH Shop Healthy Program. We collaborated on efforts to provide fruit and vegetable incentives and nutrition education demonstrations.”
Carla Anastasio, Director, Division of Nutrition CAI
“I find it valuable to hear about new and innovating and interesting projects that people are working on [and] to be able to take that back to my groups.”
Bonnie Nesbitt, Community Development Officer at Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) NYC