Sharing food after Katrina

Flood near Food Not Bombs kitchen in New York after Sandy



Updated November 30, 2012

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SANDY RELIEF LOGISTICS (Please help)

We have locations from Staten Island to Long Island. Please review all our details below.


ALL COOKING AND DISTRIBUTION LOCATIONS BELOW

The disasters we are facing are unprecedented. Sandy is causing huge problems. We have several hundred Food Not Bombs groups in and near the area hit by Sandy. Your local Food Not Bombs group may already be providing food and logistical support and can use your help.

WE ARE ASKING ALL FOOD NOT BOMBS GROUPS IN NORTH AMERICA TO JOIN IN.
( Groups impacted by Sandy are encouraged to contact us with your needs. )


It is becoming clear that we will need your help for months to come. Tens of thousands of people will be in need of food and supplies for a long time. To volunteer please email us your city, phone number and email address to menu@foodnotbombs.net. We will add you to our lists in these categories.

A. Vehicles able to bring food and volunteers.
B. Food and cooking equipment ready to pick up on the way to the staging areas.
C. Collection areas for food, funds and equipment in your local area to send to the east coast.

We need help setting up the staging areas and will post the addresses as soon as we know.


STAGING AREAS

BROOKLYN STAGING AREA
Bedstuy Food Share
When: Every Saturday @ 3pm
Where: Von King Park
Lafayette & Marcy Ave
Brooklyn NY 11216

MANHATTAN
We cook Sundays at the Catholic Worker at 36 East 1st Street, between First and Second Avenues at 1 p.m. and share food in Tompkins Square Park from 4-6 p.m. on Sunday afternoons.
www.abcnorio.org/affiliated/fnb
Please email CunderscoreG@gmail.com

STATEN ISLAND FOOD NOT BOMBS
facebook.com/FoodNotBombsStatenIslandChapter
www.floodzonenyc.com/statenisland_web.pdf
Tompkinsville Park - Bay St., Victory Blvd. Please call 646-474-4713. Thanks

LONG ISLAND FOOD NOT BOMBS
veganarchafeminist@gmail.com or phone 516-668-2116 For more information visit www.lifnb.com/

Long Island FNB Food Shares

Hempstead Food Share
When: Every Sunday @ 2:00pm
Where: Hempstead Train Station
W. Columbia St. & Station Plaza.
Hempstead NY 11550

Coram Food Share
When: Every Monday @ 5:30pm
Where: Coram Plaza
Mill Rd.
Coram NY 11727

Huntington Food Share
When: Every Tuesday @ 7pm
Where: E. 6th St. & Fairground Ave.
Huntington NY 11743

Farmingville Food Share
When: Every Thursday @ 7pm
Where: Horseblock Rd & Woodycrest Dr
Farmingville NY 11738

Wyandanch Food Share
When: Every Saturday @ Noon
Where: MLK Medical Center
Straight Path just south of LIRR station
Wyandanch, NY 11798

Bedstuy Food Share
When: Every Saturday @ 3pm
Where: Von King Park
Lafayette & Marcy Ave
Brooklyn NY 11216

These are some of the things you can do to help us respond effectively to these disasters.

  1. Organize a meeting this week - calling, emailing and posting flyers about the need for people to help and remember to include the day, time and location of the meeting.
  2. At the meeting organize committees that will focus on seeking food donations, propane stoves, tanks of gas, tables and cooking equipment. Ask another committee to recruit more volunteers and organize another committee responsible for transportation. Another committee can organize benefit concerts and other fundraising projects.
  3. Choose a time, date and location for where your vehicles will gather to take the trip to the disaster area.
  4. Collect 25 and 50 pound bags of rice, beans, 25 and 50-pound bags of rice, beans, black-eyed peas, lentils and any other large amounts of dry goods, pasta cooking oil, spices and other non perishable food. We can also use propane stoves, kitchen equipment, pop up tents, sleeping tents, folding tables, water jugs, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, socks, medical equipment, batteries and other personal items.
  5. Once on site you can organize your kitchen and encourage survivors to help prepare the next meal. This will be very helpful to those who may have lost their homes giving them a useful task to help ease their pain. They can help you set up the kitchen equipment, join your volunteers in collecting locally discarded produce, bread and other surplus food. Other volunteers can seek a source of fresh water and organize the resupply of water to the kitchen.
  6. Contact us to report on your progress and request support by emailing our office at menu@foodnotbombs.net or calling us at 1-800-884-1136.

    IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE EMAIL US TODAY! menu@foodnotbombs.net

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    Food Not Bombs
    P.O. Box 424, Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA
    575-770-3377
    1-800-884-1136
    menu@foodnotbombs.net
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