The Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Community Food Council (FG/CH CFC) has successfully completed another Close The Loop project! In the months of April and March 14 bags of mens and boys clothing items were collected and donated to our local Brooklyn Teen Challenge, a rehabilitation facility for teens located in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. With the help of two teen FG/CH CFC Steering Committee members Benjamin Banneker Academy For Community Development and Brooklyn Tech High Schools were 2 drop off sites. Donations also came in from the Victorious Triumphant Word International Church in Clinton Hill and local residents. Thank you to all who participated and helped to make this Close the Loop project a great success!

Close the Loop is one of 29 community projects that were identified in the Fort Greene / Clinton Hill Community Food Assessment (CFA) titled Get Fresh! Food access, food justice and collective action in Fort Greene & Clinton Hill. The goal of the Close the Loop project is to initiate charity drives in the community and ensure that the proceeds go to people and organizations in our own community. The program will also look at how to capture excess food from local businesses and how we can use it rather than waste it. Click here for the full Get Fresh! report.