Susan Siegel

Collecting Hot Meals for Sandy Victims on Cortelyou Road

Patrick

Nov 16, 2012 — 1 min read

The newly opened Brooklyn ARTery at 1020 Cortelyou Road is collecting hot meals this weekend to aid Hurricane Sandy victims.

This Saturday and Sunday, 9am-12pm
Meals will be delivered same day to those in need.
Suggested: rice and beans, pasta, soup, backed goods, or anything!
Bring food in aluminum tins or 99 cent store pots – we can’t return containers.
Contact: brooklynartery@gmail.com

If you’re looking for other ways to help out those in need, check out our event listings, our round up of soup kitchens in the area and the charity 5K in Prospect Park.

We stopped by the ARTery this week and it looks great. We’ll be showing you around the place with a post on Monday morning.

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