It’s difficult for me to post about fashion today when there’s so much devastation going on around me at the moment.
Yesterday was the first time that we felt safe enough to walk all over Brooklyn since the superstorm, Sandy, hit us in NYC. I was able to drop off a few bags of clothing, food, toiletries, and even a phone charger at the Red Hook Initiative.
Being Red Hook was hit hard by the storm, with much of it under water and much of the area impoverished, the residents are desperately in need—so much that had people grabbing from my hands before I could even drop the items on the table.
If you can’t volunteer or donate money and while you’re being tempted by those post-hurricane flash online sales, please consider donating these items:
clothing
coats
bedding/blankets
candles
flashlights
batteries
water
food
socks
towels
printer paper
baby items: diapers etc.
pet food
phone chargers
Here’s some places you can drop off donations whether you’re in NYC or around the world:
Red Hook Initiative
767 Hicks Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-858-6782 / info@rhicenter.org
Bowery Mission
The Bowery is hosting 150 people and has no heat… and they are in great need of blankets!
227 Bowery
New York, NY
Salvation Army
check online for your local drop-off location
New York Animal Care and Control
pet food, towels, blankets, toys
326 E110th St in East Harlem or 2336 Linden Boulevard in East New York
Start-Rite Inc.
Purchase much-needed hygiene kits for New York Relief and ship them to
New York City Relief
295 Walnut Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
@OccupySandy Relief Drop-Off Locations:
Astoria
visit astoria.recovers.org for more information
Far Rockaway
Firehouse on 59th street
across from the train station.
contact person: Jean Dupont 9179755623
Fort Green/Clinton Hill
45 Waverly Avenue
just off of Park Ave in Fort Green/Clinton Hill
Park Slope
Park Slope Armory
361 15th St, Brooklyn
Sunset Park
(specific requests at this location: steamtable foil pans full or half size w lids; blankets, cleaning supplies, tin foil & saran wrap)
St. Jacobi Church
5406 4th Ave
Contact: Ronnie 646-353-5194
Bedstuy
Residence
136 Jefferson Ave, apt 2 11216
East Williamsburg (Beginning Thursday Nov 1 at 12 noon)
House of Yes
342 Maujer st
Contact: Kae Burke (525)217-7209
Harlem
Residence
47 saint nicholas avenue #4d
btw 112 and 113
Residence
938 st Nicholas ave # 25 at corner of 157th and st Nicholas ave.
Lower East Side
The Bowery Mission
45-51 Ave D
212-777-3424
contact: Claude Nelson or any “operations manager” on duty. they’re open 24/7 and in need of prepared foods, a generator and anything else you can offer.
xoLiz
So glad to know you folks made it through the storm…and what a good thing you’re doing, to donate in Red Hook! Great idea to give a list of places to take all sorts of necessaries, just wish I lived close enough to contribute! All the best as the Big Cleanup gets underway.
Thanks Anita! If you want to contribute, the Red Cross and the Mayor’s Fund need donations, or you can order kits to be sent to those without:
Start-Rite Inc.
Purchase much-needed hygiene kits for New York Relief and ship them to
New York City Relief
295 Walnut Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
Hi, please remove Pam’s phone number and address from here – we are no longer a drop site and are being inundated with calls. Please link instead to astoria.recovers.org.
I apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for the update. Best of luck with the recover over there.