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Nowshin Ali at the Home Depot. (Photo via Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission)FLATBUSH/KENSINGTON – There’s a vegan halal Indian restaurant that sits on Coney Island Avenue between Newkirk and Webster Avenues called Jalsa Grill & Gravy [https://jalsa-grill-gravy.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – In the age of the coronavirus, pantries are working overtime [/coronavirus-in-brooklyn-what-you-can-do-to-help/] to provide for people depend on them for survival, and the Brooklyn College pantry is no different. The pantry, [https://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/about/offices/studentaffairs/student-support-services/food-pantry.php] located on the Brooklyn
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Photo: Zainab IqbalFLATBUSH – It’s early morning on a warm Thursday in May and there’s a line of over two dozen people in front of a small building on Coney Island Avenue between Avenues J and K. A woman wearing a green apron sits in front of the door
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As families come together at Thanksgiving to celebrate what they have and are thankful for, it’s an important time to turn our minds to those less fortunate in our community. Many people will hungry or homeless over the holiday, and Thanksgiving day itself is a great time to get
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
Bensonhurst
Sometimes life hits hard. Suddenly, you may find you are unemployed, without benefits, with a spouse, three children, and a dog to feed. Our neighborhood has a couple of programs — aside from WIC and SNAP — where families can get help in an emergency. One of them is the food pantry
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Holy Name of Jesus Church in Windsor Terrace. (Photo: Karma Brooklyn Blog)An area food pantry is asking for assistance from our community. Donations of non-perishable food items like cans of tuna fish, pasta sauce, and boxes of cereal are needed this week by the food pantry at Holy Name
Central Brooklyn
Photo via F Delventhal [https://www.flickr.com/photos/krossbow/4477728568/in/photolist-7PFwGG-dm5jCx-saHHg9-ckCK57-5Cj5Hi-5ry2o1-38gX4F-3bP4rX-ckqwkW-75Mh7-nvQJN6-4WjNeb-mp7VM3-9AcPxK-6PhaFr-fwsxK-afTu3y-fA37s3-8tnBYJ-9cB1au-6WtVQF-7W1aYt-ecMCWW-dkHDiH-AAvQ5e-cdnJeb-2SAEN-7tGwKJ-6rcco-5qii8m-afcM97-kMb9YJ-9cJjL2-DmpPN-34bwdH-pDGgwY-5aUv4W-dpgrkr-qUpvn-4KHJQE-6V9NbE-oAxV9u-7TB6qh-ecVJXj-d2fN35-nt5qm-e6bVLB-yrRwbb-7TVNtA-rNwpEN] The holiday season is not just a time to celebrate with family; it is
Central Brooklyn
Hundreds line up for turkeys and thanksgiving trimmings outside CAMBA’s food pantry. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Thanksgiving is just two days away and many families in our neighborhood are unable to afford to set the table with a turkey and all of the trimmings. Many turn
Central Brooklyn
Photo by City Kid CornerThanksgiving is just a few days away — as you finalize plans for your holiday meal, we here at Kensington BK hope that you will also help us provide holiday meals for families in need in our area. [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/500-turkeys-for-500-families--502#/] For the third
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We are so incredibly grateful to our 120 neighbors who have helped raise a little more than $7,500 for CAMBA’s 500 Turkeys for 500 Families Thanksgiving drive [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/500-turkeys-for-500-families--501#pledges] – which means 250 families in our area will get a Thanksgiving turkey this holiday.
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Many thanks to the incredible 39 neighbors [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/500-turkeys-for-500-families--501#pledges] who have donated to CAMBA’s 500 Turkeys for 500 Families Thanksgiving drive [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/500-turkeys-for-500-families--501#pledges]! So far, our community has raised $2,735 – which is a good start, but we still
7708 new utrecht ave
Source: shaletann / FlickrFor the fourth year in a row [/backpacks-needed-for-needy-kids-returning-to-school/], Reaching-Out Community Services will be distributing more than 500 backpacks with school supplies for children in need during its Big Backpack Giveaway event, tomorrow, August 28 at 1:00 p.m. According to an email from the group: “This is
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We are hugely thankful and humbled for all 89 of our neighbors’ contributions to our and CAMBA [http://www.camba.org]‘s 500 Turkeys for 500 Families [http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/500-turkeys-for-500-families] Thanksgiving Food Drive–thanks to all of you, 184 families will have a proper Thanksgiving dinner this
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Just a friendly reminder about our efforts to help CAMBA [http://www.camba.org] ‘s Beyond Hunger Food Pantry [http://www.camba.org/Programs/FamilySupportServices/NutritionalServices/BeyondHungerEmergencyFoodPantry/tabid/145/menuheader/2/submenuheader/14/Default.aspx] bring 500 Thanksgiving meals to 500 local families this year! Generous Ditmas Parkers have bought
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Source: KooKoo Bear Kids/FlickrBack to school time isn’t only stressful for kids who are devastated that summer is ending, but also stressful for parents forced to buy their children new supplies and clothes. For some parents, that obligation is more trying and they can use all the help