coat drive is well underway. Here's what and how you can do:
Please donate your gently used coats (between December 1–31) at the following locations:
Weekdays 7:30 a.m.—9:30 a.m.*
Grand Central Terminal (Graybar Passage)
New York Penn Station (LIRR and Amtrak concourses)
New York Port Authority Bus Terminal (Main concourse, 42nd Street entrance)
Moishe's Moving Systems Mobile Collection (Lexington Ave. at 86th Street)
*Transportation terminals cannot accept coat donations on the weekends or after 9:30 a.m.
Anytime at:
All New York City Police Precincts
Janovic Plaza stores
The Pond at Bryant Park (42nd Street and 6th Ave.)
Time Warner Cable Stores
NOTE TO FOREST HILLS RESIDENTS: YOU CAN DONATE ANYTIME AT THE 112TH POLICE PRECINCT.
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Food Bank of NYC It's all over the : demand is up, supply is down. What food banks really need is money. Click to contibute.
Chanukah Toy Drive The Central Queens Y is sponsoring this for foster children and adults with disabilities through Ohel Children's Home and Family Services, Bais Ezra, and Lifetime Care Foundation. They're seeking donations of new gifts along the lines of PSP games, toys, board games, video games, watches, English Judaica items and books, cosmetics, electronics, cassettes, CDs, sports equipment, and pretty much anything with a price tag still on it. Drop off is at 67-09 108th Street, attn: Monique. 718.368.5011.
Year-Round Food Drive Forest Hills Jewish Center runs this, whereby you can bring your donations of Kosher, non-perishable food to the Center Office (please, no glass containers). Donations benefit City Harvest.
Operation Support Our Troops Ongoing Event, ends 2/29/2008. Again, Forest Hills Jewish Center collects individual-sized packages of toiletries and new (or gently used) CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and video games for distribution to overseas troops. For further information please contact the Center's office at 718.263.7000.
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Periodically I will post suggestions about how people can offer their time and/or financial support to local causes. As the kick-off on this subject, the Queens Community House is an excellent go-to social assistance agency along many dimensions. Their Web site is still under construction (they changed their name last year), but of their long-standing good will is outlined below.
You can reach them at: (718) 592-5757 or by
The Queens Community House is a diverse, multi-service organization offering a variety of services to individuals and families throughout Queens. Our program participants include children, teens, adults and the elderly.
Description:
The Queens Community House (formerly Forest Hills Community House) is a settlement house founded in 1975 to assist, strengthen, and help improve the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities. Today, our 17 program areas reach over 20,000 people throughout Queens. Our 18 sites serve as centers for community gathering, organizing, and social service activity, and our activities work to promote inter-generational and cross-cultural cooperation and exchange. The Queens Community House also works with other organizations in networks and coalitions to advocate for and provide services borough-wide.
Our programs include an early childhood center; after school, teen leadership, and youth development centers; ESOL and job preparation; housing assistance and homelessness prevention; meals-on-wheels, adult day care and case management; and 4 senior centers.
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