FOOD PANTRIES

Many places offer free food during this pandemic. I often add or change the list. Please check back often. Email me if you hear of more places TatianaS @ MacaroniKid dot com

For other resources during the pandemic check HERE.

Also a fantastic Resource is here: 

Coronavirus NYC Food Resource Guide: Rockaway and Broad Channel

and en Espanol

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FIND A FOOD PANTRY NEAR YOU!

Food

• For families who don’t have the means to drive to the food distribution sites, nonprofit organizers recommend they use the food locator tool on the websites of Long Island Cares andIsland Harvest.
• Check with Five Towns Community Center on Facebook for food and supplies for those in need. Questions? Call Sasha Young. 347-702-2013 - MONDAY-THURSDAY
  OFFICE HOURS (8:30am - 4:30pm) Lunch Served Daily
• Five Towns Community Center serves as Long Island Cares donation site! Inwood/Lawrence
  
• Rockaway Farmer's Market 718-945-6800 / orders.rfm@gmail.com
• Arverne Oceanside Apartments Social Center - FREE Fresh Produce Every 2nd and 4th Monday, 11 am - 2pm •  339 Beach 54th st, Arverne, Rockaway 11692 • Questions call Doris 516-232-5318 or Lawanda 929-307-5538  • Hosted by Rockaways Food Distribution: City Harvest, Oceanside Apts & Put on a Smile
• Queens Pet Pantry inquire 877-204-8821, Jurukan TV - Ruben Cruz, chairperson - rsvp 212-956-1299 from 10am to 2 pm or 347-995-2745 from 2-6 pm  https://bit.ly/2MyZxDx
• Paw it Forward, Valley Stream Pet Pantry HERE and HERE
• Far Rockaway Weekly Food Distribution • First Church of God, 1425 Beach Channel Drive, 11691 • Every Wednesday 9:30 am - Noon (until supplies last)
• The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC • THE SHOP •  516-234-6020 • 207 Grove Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY 11516
• JCC ProduceFest • Register Here
• Community Solidarity.org various distribution sites
• New Community Food Pantry and support center • 300 Stuart Ave. VALLEY STREAM. • Thank you Masjid Hamza  and ICNA Relief. Thank you Atif Ur Rehman . Thank you Carrie Solages.
• Valley Stream Presbyterian Church - every Saturday 10 am - 2 pm  • 130 South Central Ave - Valleystreampres.org no appointment needed. emergency food boxes fo rVS residents and nearby towns. (thank you Michelle Solages, LI Cares and VS Presbyterian Church)
  ~ In partnership with Long Island Cares, Inc. and Valley Stream Presbyterian Church, Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages has helped establish an emergency food distribution site for residents who have been affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  ~ The LI Cares Emergency Food Distribution site will operate EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY at the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church located at 130 S Central Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580. It will continue its operations until NYS PAUSE regulations are lifted.
  ~ If you need transportation to the Long Island Cares Emergency Food Distribution Center taking place every Wednesday & Saturday from 10:00AM - 2:00PM, please contact our office at (516) 599-2972. LYFT is providing FREE rides to assist our community.
  ~ Details are as follows:
  Open Every Wednesday from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM & Saturday from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  One box per month, per family
  Box feeds family 4-6 people
  First come, first served
  No appointment necessary
  Nassau County residents only
  Pet food included (if necessary)
  Social distancing will be strictly enforced
• MAJOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION - WEEKLY
  ***HALAL & VEGETARIAN FOOD ALSO AVAILABLE***
  Walk-up & drive-through
  VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 9:30AM
  Hosted by: The Law office of Michael G. Scala
  Pick-up Distribution, First Come First serve basis
  **Masks and Social distancing required**
  Sponsored by: Assemblyman Mike Miller, Kiwanis Club Of Ozone Park, BACDYS, growNYC, Singh Family Charity, Hungry Monk, Office of the Queens Borough President, Cityline Ozone Park Civilian Patrol & Ozone Park Residents Block Association
  Saturday, September 5 at 11AM
  Deshi Senior Center Located at
  83-10 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park, NY 11416

Special Store Hours for Seniors (check ahead of time to make sure it is still going on)

• Stop and Shop in Inwood, customers older than 60 will be eligible to shop from 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., every day,  as health officials across the globe have warned the public that seniors, along with people who have existing medical issues, are most vulnerable.
• Key Foods, 9am-5pm, Wednesdays
• Target in Valley Stream reserving the first hour of shopping every Wednesday for our most vulnerable guests, including those over 65 years old, pregnant women or those defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as vulnerable or at-risk.Opens at 8 am - 9 am
• Walmart, Green Acres, Valley Stream open 6am-7am on Tuesdays for seniors.
• Costco, Lawrence, 8am-9am, Thursdays
  
• ALDI , 750 Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream - ALDI stores nationwide will open early at 8:30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and ask our shoppers to reserve the first hour for our most vulnerable customers, senior citizens, and expectant mothers. Our stores are closed on Easter.
  

Updated Sept 6, 2020

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