It is estimated that over 60,000 citizens of New York City reside in municiple homeless shelters, and that there are almost 15,000 homeless families, and over 21,000 homeless children — right here in our backyard. These numbers are staggering and sad.  Please join us in supporting the homeless by donating what you can; toiletries and non-perishable food items are being collected by Council Members Holden and Van Bramer.   

The collection drive, hosted by Council Member Holden and non-profit organization, Catering for the Homeless, Inc., runs through November 8th. In addition to toiletries, donations are sought for new clothes, toys, and non-perishable food pantry items such as cereal, canned vegetables, canned soup, peanut butter, jelly, granola bars, etc. Items may be dropped of at Clouncil Member Holden’s office located at 64-69 Dry Harbor Road, Middle Village, NY 11379 between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm. If you have any questions please call 718-366-3900.

To learn more about homelessness in NYC and what you can do to help, visit www.coalitionforthehomeless.org and www.cateringforthehomeless.com Data for this blog provided by coalitionforthehomeless.org.