Borough Park
FLATBUSH – It would have been easy for 76-year old Marcella to stay home rather than brave the cold and rainy Tuesday morning. But that was not an option. Her $700 monthly Social Security check had been stretched to the limit to cover her $500 rent (not including gas and utility
Central Brooklyn
via CAMBAEvery week, hundreds of our hungry neighbors will wait in line outside of CAMBA [https://www.camba.org/]’s Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry as they wait to receive a few bags of nutritious food that will last them the week. Across the borough, hundreds of thousands more are
Central Brooklyn
Line outside CAMBA’s food pantry (via CAMBA)As a New Yorker, perhaps you’ve seen some indications of the struggles faced by our neighbors, including the long line of men, women and children who wait outside CAMBA’s food pantry [https://www.camba.org/programs/health/nutritionalservices/beyondhungeremergencyfoodpantry] on
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via CAMBA)CAMBA and DPC are still working to bring Thanksgiving into the homes of 500 low-income New Yorkers. This morning, the turkey supply couldn’t meet the distribution demand at the Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry, according to CAMBA. At $5,886, we are still short of our
2241 Church Avenue
When Thanksgiving comes, so do the stories of the food drives. Of hunger. Of neighbors needing help. We’ve certainly done all of those. And they’re all true – and important. But it is one thing to know that someone is hungry – and quite something else to see hundreds of
CAMBA food pantry
Throughout the year, tens of thousands of neighbors line up outside CAMBA’s food pantry doors at 2241 Church Avenue [http://www.camba.org/Programs/FamilySupportServices/NutritionalServices/BeyondHungerEmergencyFoodPantry/tabid/145/Default.aspx] – a place that, for decades, has served a growing variety of families [/blog/politics/at-camba-food-pantry-council-members-kick-off-program-to-battle-youth-unemployment#prettyPhoto] , from the