The New York City Coalition Against Hunger announced that it is joining United We Serve, a national effort just launched by President and First Lady Obama to engage more Americans in serving their communities this summer. The Coalition said that the main focus of its participation in United We Serve will be to use citizen volunteers to work with the Coalition’s professional staff to increase participation in under-utilized federal nutrition assistance programs such as the Food Stamp (recently re-named the SNAP) Program and the Summer Meals Program for low-income children.