NEW YORK – Spreading Christmas’ spirit of giving, two New York Muslim youth have kicked off a million meal mission to feed the hungry and needy during holiday times.

“We have our “million meal challenge” kicking off for the holidays,” Mohsin Memon, one of the two founders of Sharebite app, along with Ahsen Saber, told New York Business Journal.

“Originally, we donated on a one-to-one model. We actually donate at least one meal through CityHarvest. Now, we thought let’s make more of an impact and donate five meals for every meal ordered. That’s our mission for 2017. The holidays seemed like a good time to do it.”

Memon and Saber launched a “million meal mission”, which aims at donating five meals for every order placed on the Sharebite app.

According to Memon, if 1,000 orders are made per day, Sharebite can share one million meals with kids in need.

That’s not a far-fetched goal, Memon said, considering N.Y.C. typically sees 300,000 delivery/take-out orders per day.

The idea to help the needy started after he volunteered for CityHarvest, which distributes food to feed New York hungry.

“We were taken back when we learned that one out of four kids faces hunger in New York City. It’s the richest, wealthiest city in the world, and it seems strange that this issue is right here in our backyard. That’s why our focus is here rather than elsewhere,” he said.

Now, their Sharebite app is the only socially driven food delivery platform.

“Our goal is to feed a million children, expand our user base and, unlike the competition, we don’t spend much on marketing. We’re getting a lot of new users through word of mouth, either in friend or work circles. The company really registers with New Yorkers, especially millennials.”

Christmas is the main festival on the Christian calendar. Its celebrations reach its peak at 12:00 PM on December 24 of every year.

Muslims believe in Jesus as one of the great Prophets of God and that he is the son of Mary but not the Son of God. He was conceived and born miraculously.

In the Noble Qur’an, Jesus is called “Isa”. He is also known as Al-Masih (the Christ) and Ibn Maryam (Son of Mary).