The Food Bank of New York City is part of the Community Kitchen of West Harlem. Volunteering…read moreopportunities are available directly from their website at https://www.foodbanknyc.org. I volunteered for the following shifts in the past 30 days. - Senior Breakfast in West Harlem (3-hour shift) - Dinner Service in West Harlem (3-hour shift) The train station is located a few feet from the C or B train stop at 116th Street. The facility is located on the Southeast corner next to Texas Chicken, and it has orange awnings. Use the left door and inform the security guard that you are there to volunteer. There is a volunteer room in which you can store your coats and bags in a locked cage. There will be a volunteer leader to get you ready for service. The leader will provide hair nets, name tags, and plastic aprons. All volunteers will either work in the front or the back of the house. It will depend on the needs of the center. The work may include: taking dirty trays to the back, placing food on trays, pouring juices, handing out trays, preparing food for cooking, cleaning, etc. The facility will have full-time staff to guide all of the volunteers during service. The facility will have an opened seating with three lines of tables for people to sit. The clients would typically sign in at the door, then walked towards the serving line to obtain their meals, and then they would sit at the tables. In the end, it was a wonderful experience to help serve meals to the less fortunate in the community.

Serious actors acting seriously upstairs from a lovely gardened, churchyard setting near Madison…read morePark.

This community is great for all actors regardless of where you are in your career. They offer…read moreprogramming and assistance to budding professionals and to those well versed in their craft. Along with acting classes, they provide services to performers who are down in their luck and need some temporary help. This help can come in the form of housing assistance, medical care and more. I highly recommend becoming a member.

Very respectable here ! Very clean and honest people working here! They have 3 feeding times listed…read moreand dinner is at 5:30 pm , they have table seating inside ..

But for the grace of God go any of us. The blood red doors, blood red, it's said, for a reason…read more The firm I joined early two years back now volunteers. That meant a great deal to me but I never had found the time to go. Today I found that time. One reason I went was in direct response to the SNAP benefits cruel debacle. This, I thought was better than marching - walking beside and offering a helping hand. Mercy, empathy and compassion are the marrow in the national spine - the international backbone. What was to have been an act of personal protest morphed into something unexpectedly different. We've become an outwardly more calloused land of late, where selfishness and insensitivity are worn like badges of honor. They're not; they're a stain on our image to the world - worse: to ourselves. I didn't do much day except hand out chips and offer supportive subtle enthusiasm. No one will remember me nor should they - I was fortunate enough to arrive and depart as a day tripper. But it's the faces that haunted me. You never knew what lead each man and woman there or what their fate would ultimately be. Yet here we were. Crossing fates in the same hall. And there was this unspeakably overwhelming sense as nearly two hundred hungry souls filed by us as we doled out chips and hot dogs and apples that we the dilettantes were happy to do. I felt we stood at the edge of a vast sea of unknowable suffering - that our few hours were a drop of living kindness, as the Buddhists call it, in this sea that's always threatened to drown the world. I can't put my finger on this sense of today except to say I'll return to learn perhaps a greater understanding. And the staff. They reminded me of that humbled awe I felt for 9/11 and covid first responders. I may not change a single life for the better except mine handing out child but I know that offering a helping hand to those struggling in need is what defines humanity and defies inhumanity. I'm grateful I experienced this. And even catching the glimpse of so many as they passed was a bracing wake up call to what's really going on. Thank you.

The main staff at this pantry are very rude to the customers, they speak down to them and rush…read morethem. You are treated like a herd of animals rather than humans. Although they do sometimes have a vast amount of food, they are not careful with distribution, and some get plenty and other get none. I witnessed a whole bin full of bagged carrots which were set out for garbage. If these were distributed properly, they would not have so much waste. They are favorable to their own friends and family and treat others like paupers begging for what they are legally allowed to from the government. With the right staff, or staff training, this could be a very nice place for the community.

I applied to this place for volunteer as a high school student. When asked for an art portfolio,…read morethey took ownership of my work. I got no follow-up whatsover, and when I emailed them about it, they acted oblivious to it and still didn't give it back. Make sure to do your research before applying to volunteer/work for them!

The staff was very helpful with me since I am handicapped and they got the food for me which was…read morevery helpful and the food was very good.

Charity Navigator gives this organization highest rating. They do wonderfully community work,…read moreparticularly helping those with food insecurity and social programs. On a small scale, so fortunate to be able to support their mission,

Safe Horizon does great work! This non-profit Safe Horizon's Streetwork Project helps youth…read moreexperiencing homelessness with short-term shelter and supportive resources with no judgement. These are tough times with government resources being cut for social services, layoffs, and horrible affordability and inflation problems. There are vulnerable people struggling and in need for many reasons, even beyond those obstacles. Thank you Safe Horizon for the wonderful, truly important support you provide young people! I'm a T-Mobile customer and this week's T-Mobile Tuesdays benefit is a T-Mobile Blanket. While I don't need one, I picked one up for someone who does. I'm bringing my T-Mobile Blanket a couple block away to this Harlem Drop-off location at 209 W. 125th St. (Coincidently, that's above another T-Mobile store also at 209 W. 125th St. And SafeHorizon has another drop-off at 33 Essex in the Lower East Side.) I'm fortunate not to be in need. If you are reading my Yelp review, I hope you are too. There are programs everywhere there's T-Mobile coverage providing support for those in need! If you are a T-Mobile customer and don't need this week's T-Mobile Blanket, pick one up now and bring it somewhere where's there's someone who might really need it - particularly as it gets colder! 'Tis the season to count your blessings! Whether or not you're not a T-Mobile customer, see what you can donate to help out! Winters are the toughest! Please share my Yelp review and message to others. And most importantly, keep warm, keep safe, and take a small measure to help others!

I drop off clothing donations / used clothing here. It's a great place to drop off youth sizes thru…read morecollege age clothes. This program is to give help to homeless youth. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (12:00 pm - 5:00 pm). 209 W. 125th. St. New York, NY 10027 Phone: 212.695.2220