Xavier Mission provides basic needs, services and empowerment programs for New Yorkers in need

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Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere. More about Benchmark's support for the Sustainable Development Goals. “In a world of plenty, hunger kills over 2.1 million people each year at a minimum. This is one of the ways in which poverty kills, and it is faced by billions of ordinary people all over the world each day. In every country, the poorest people live shorter lives and face earlier deaths than those who are not poor.” (Inequality Kills, Oxfam, 2022) This certainly applies...
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In NYC’s ailing estuary, Billion Oyster Project restoring obliterated oyster population

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A Billion Oyster Project participant shows a colony of orange sheath tunicates, a type of sea squirt that they often find at their Oyster Research Stations. Benchmark customer Billion Oyster Project is on a mission to restore the murky New York Harbor one oyster at a time. A single one of these humble mollusks has the power to filter up to 50 gallons of water a day. On top of that, we hurricane-worn New Yorkers should be interested to know that establishing oyster reefs forms a natural st...
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Green Top Farms links local ag to school meals and deals with pandemic hunger

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During the pandemic, many Benchmark customers scaled down their production in 2020.  For Al Raddock at Green Top Farms, it was the opposite.  Their food distribution of local, seasonal ingredients ramped up in the face of expanding food insecurity.  Working families' livelihoods evaporated for lack of a public health system strong enough to prevent disease outbreak and to take swift, unified action at critical times.   In schools, Green Top Farms provides food that me...
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Wide Rainbow widens youngsters’ cultural horizons, fills food insecurity gaps

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Wide Rainbow is a contemporary art after-school program who had Benchmark print stickers for packaging their after-school snacks. They are a free, 501(c)(3) non-profit based in NYC that connects contemporary artists with the community. They serve low-income neighborhoods with limited or no access to the arts or arts education. Wide Rainbow take some of their folks along with Avenues for Justice to Nicola Vassell Gallery to visit artist Frida Orupabo’s exhibition “Closed Up Like A Fist....
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Interview With María Perales, Owner of Benchmark Signaats by Realty Collective

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Originally published on Realty Collective. We recently spoke with María Perales, owner of Benchmark Signaats, as part of our women-owned series. As you know we are committed to supporting and promoting our fellow female-owned local businesses and we are pleased to share María’s inspiring words with you today. Please enjoy the interview and check out her business info and brochure below that! What woman inspires you and why? My mother passed away 17 years ago, but she still inspires me today. ...
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