Thanksgiving Volunteering Donating Bay Ridge
For volunteer opportunities in Bay Ridge throughout the year (See here)
1) Bay Ridge Cares needs volunteers to help serve, deliver and clean up on Thanksgiving Day. And some volunteers to make desserts. They usually post it on their Facebook page at the beginning of November. (Bay Ridge Cares Website)
2) God’s Love We Deliver needs volunteer delivery people on Thanksgiving Day. Founded in 1985 with the goal of bringing nutritious meals to the homes of cancer patients, AIDS sufferers and others coping with life-threatening illnesses, marked a major milestone this year. They pack meals for people at First Church at 6501 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220. They share their volunteer events here.
3) Holding Hands needs people to help with food for Thanksgiving.
4) Homecrest Community Services in Bensonhurst and Sheepshead Bay is delivering meals to seniors. Almost 100 seniors receive both lunch and dinner. They could use volunteers- email Virginia at veetong929@gmail.com for the contact information.
5) Park Slope Center for Successful Aging Festive Thanksgiving Luncheon Tuesday, November 26st from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm at 463A 7th Street between 7th and 6th Avenues in the basement of All Saints Church. 718-832-3726
4) Soup Kitchen at the Greenpoint Reformed Church at 136 Milton Street in Brooklyn. (Sign up here)
5) North Brooklyn Angels at 127 Kent Street Brooklyn 11222. Sign up here
6) St. Johns Bread of Life Soup Kitchen 795 Lexington Avenue in Brooklyn. They have a soup kitchen and a mobile soup kitchen which serves Coney Island once or twice a week. Groups can volunteer here contact: Jennifer Stephen at 718-574-0058 x164 or by email at jstephen@breadandlife.org.
7) Catholic Charities in Brooklyn needs help to give out turkeys and the fixings to families in need in mid-November. The distribution is done on a Friday morning in East Flatbush and they need help setting up the room, heavy lifting and moving. It’s a four hour event. E-mail: christineghancy@ccbq.org or call 718-722-6175 to volunteer.
8) Manhattan: Food Bank for NYC needs cooks, servers and people who can help stock. Families also welcome. Sign up here
For other volunteer opportunities in Bay Ridge throughout the year (See here)
Hugs,
marlene
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