Bronx food pantries run by Muslim Women’s Initiative will close as funding vanishes, demand rises

Bronx food pantries run by Muslim Women’s Initiative will close as funding vanishes, demand rises

A community group that feeds more than 10,000 people in the Bronx through two food pantries plans to shut its doors at the end of the year. The Muslim Women’s Initiative for Research and Development has been distributing halal groceries to needy Bronxites since 1997.

Bronx food pantries run by Muslim Women’s Initiative  will close as funding vanishes, demand rises
KERRY WILLS
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:00:45 GMT