People In Need is a local 501 C3 non-profit organization run by a woman named Nowshin Ali. Nowshin…read moreand her non-profit's contributions have been written about by several publications including the New Yorker Magazine and the Brooklyner newspaper. Before the pandemic, they offered a pay what you can afford to pay after school program for local elementary school age children most of whose parents were immigrants. They also offered a women's support group to help immigrant women adapt to American culture and sponsored several food and clothing drives. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they have been raising money to purchase groceries and essential items which their volunteers have been distributing to over 300 area families and seniors. What amazes me is that they operate with 100% volunteers so when you donate to their COVID-19 fundraiser (https://www.gofundme.com/f/1xg92uczw0?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_na%20share-sheet&rcid=b136902da5a746e48e0da1049d189714&fbclid=IwAR1e0DPHjbWhstAO9m0O5z-y6Sx2rRjP3GixrzHELvgx3fyhqT8LaABiyiw), 100% of your money is used to help those in need!

Part of it is my fault and part theirs. I did not bring a large enough cart and had to yell and…read morescream for trailer shopping bags . Then one of the volunteers said " I could only come Monday ". However , I did get the bags I needed and am now home . Will call , if apology , I will upgrade to 3 stars .

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!

Everyone at reaching out community are great. I've been going there for many many years and I am…read morevery grateful for them. They have been there for me and my son for years and I can't thank them enough.

Great, professional and very vibrant community center. I found out about this place because every…read moreyear they provide a free tax preparation service. This is the second year I've had it done with them. It was done very quickly, efficiently, and in a very thorough manner. They got back to me right away. I haven't used any of their other social services. I do know that they're a food pantry. They also help people with services like food stamps, housing, and do a lot of community outreach. Their staff are courteous, focused, very welcoming, knowledgeable, and efficient. My experience with this organization has been very positive and I will definitely go back for tax prep next year.

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.