ONE PLATE PURCHASED = HOT MEALS FOR 75 HOMELESS PEOPLE

Katherine Bernhardt for Coalition for the Homeless in partnership with Prospect

The Coalition for the Homeless's Grand Central Food Program (GCFP) was founded in 1985 the day after a homeless woman died of starvation in Grand Central Terminal. Since then, the program has grown to become the largest mobile soup kitchen in America.

Each night, our three vans deliver between 800 and 1,200 healthy meals of hot stew, bread, fresh fruit, and juice or milk — as well as coats, hats, gloves and blankets in the colder weather — to those struggling to survive rough on the streets at 25 stops around the city. For many homeless New Yorkers, this is their only meal of the day.

In its 33 year history, the program has distributed more than seven million meals and has never missed a single night of operation.

All of the proceeds from the sale of plates will be used to provide hot, nutritious meals to homeless New Yorkers.