You can help LIC Relief continue feeding Western Queens in the weeks and months ahead by making a financial donation online or via our Amazon Dry Goods Wish List at. The most critical needs for food donations include: Through our partnership with the Queens Borough President’s Office we received and distributed 100 boxes of groceries and drinking water. We are supporting The Floating Hospital and the LIC Community Health Care center with 90 meals a day. Many of these donations are coming from our new partnership with Food Cellar LIC who are making weekly financial and dry good donations. Our Food Collection Center, in a space generously provided by Plaxall Gallery, is open Monday - Friday from 3-7pm and has collected over a half ton of dry good donations to support the Bread of Life Pantry, Hour Children Pantry and Sunnyside Community Services. We are supporting 12 restaurants through our financial contributions helping to keep the local economy afloat. We are currently delivering over 700 meals a day to our distribution partners at Hour Children and the NYCHA complexes at Ravenswood, Queensbridge, and Astoria.ĭaily there are over 180 grab and go meals picked up from our restaurant partners by people in need. Over 12,500 meals have been distributed to people in need. Our restaurant partners prepare 5,000 meals a week for distribution to people across Western Queens neighborhoods. We have funding to continue this relief effort for three more weeks and are working to secure funding to continue this until at least May 15. $18,000 per week, amounting to over $56,500, is invested into the local economy to help keep restaurants open and their staffs employed. Over $110,000 has been raised from individuals, foundations, and local businesses and developers to fund our meal distribution strategy. Little did we know after launching this non-profit what our neighborhood would come together to accomplish. Our Food Collection Center is open Monday to Friday 3 pm to 7 pm at Plaxall Gallery. ![]() Our Center also packs up three to five days’ worth of food for community members that can pick-up from Plaxall Gallery or request delivery if they are unable to leave their homes. Unfortunately, during this crisis many pantries are almost emptied on a daily basis and struggle to keep up with demand. Our Food Collection Center replenishes local food pantries in Western Queens. We also collect non-perishable food items to fill our Food Collection Center. Meals are distributed Monday to Friday 1 pm to 2 pm at Plaxall Gallery. This model helps food insecure community members and allows local restaurants to remain in business and keep their staff employed. The meals are for students and families impacted by the school closures as well as any person in need or unable to secure a daily meal. ![]() ![]() We provide financial support to 12 local Western Queens restaurants and in return they cook and pack hot, nutritious meals. Our model is two-pronged, meal distribution in partnership with local restaurants and operating a dry goods food collection site. They called upon local civic, religious and business organizations to work together to alleviate food insecurity needs in Western Queens neighborhoods and surrounding areas due to the Covid-19 crisis. LIC Relief was founded Maby Kelly Craig and Patrick Thompson. Story by Milano (Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management) alumna Racheal Notto
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