YCP's Choice Pantry is NYC's largest community-based food pantry and is designed to meet the needs of our families by providing culturally appropriate and nutritionally-balanced food.  Every Wednesday through Saturday, YCP is able to distribute grocery packages to over 1,200 needy families.  Our new Client Choice pantry model provides members of our pantry program with the chance to choose the nutritious foods they need for their families.   This model empowers clients to be active participants in the distribution process by encouraging them to pick the nutritious food they would like to receive.  The volunteer-prepared food bags provide each family member with three meals for four days.  In FY 11, YCP’s Pantry programs provided food assistance to 7,001 distinct families, who visited YCP 66,081 times in the course of the year.