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Protest War, Poverty and the Destruction of Our Environment by Feeding the Needy.

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ORGANIZATION: Long Island Food Not Bombs

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 32 people are interested

Hello Neighbor,I'm a volunteer with Long Island Food Not Bombs (http://www.LIFNB.com).We have Free Food Shares (Free Food, Clothing, Books, Baby Items, Household Items, Art, etc.) throughout Long Island and Brooklyn. Depends what donations we get from stores, churches, neighbors and volunteers. Usually there are fruits, vegetables, milk, dairy, bread, cakes, pies, canned and dry goods, pet food, etc. We also have clothes, household & baby items, books, art, etc. depending what is brought to the Food Shares that day.Ask for Volunteer Jon or Rose if you have something to share. Say hello for me. Thank you, Volunteer Dennis Videos: Long Island Food Not Bombs http://longisland.news12.com/multimedia/12-making-a-difference-community-solidarity-1.9884040 See us starting at 13:55: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fixP0UR_G_U Craigslist Post:Free "Long Island Food Not Bombs" Food SharesEvery Sunday at 2 PM, West Columbia Street & Station Plaza, Hempstead, NY 11550Every Tuesday at 7 PM, East 6th Street & Fairground Avenue, Huntington NY 11746Every Thursday at 7 PM, Horseblock Road & Woodycrest Drive, Farmingville, NY 11738Every Saturday at 12 PM, noon, 1556 Straight Path, Wyandanch, NY 11798Every Saturday at 3 PM, Lafayette Ave & Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216All outdoors. Rain or Shine. No umbrellas or strollers by tables.Come Share With Your Community.Free Food, Clothing, Books, Baby Items, Household Items, Art, etc.Whatever is brought by our Volunteers, You (if you can) and Your Neighbors in Your Community.A Community is its Neighbors, not the towns they are in.Get there a few minutes before start time. Help us unload our Volunteers vehicles and set up tables.Bring empty bags, food, clothing, household items, baby items, books, etc to "Share with Your Community".See Volunteers if you do bring items to Share, or you want to volunteer to hand food and items out. Say hello for me, Dennis. Nothing to bring? Then bring yourselves.We'll help you get food and items you need. You don't need to bring any type of papers or ID to our Food Shares.Everyone is welcome to get Free Food, Clothing, Household Items, Baby Items, Books, Art, etc. Depends what is brought by our volunteers and other neighbors to share.We average 12,000 pounds of food and merchandise each Food Share.Just please be polite with your neighbors when we Share.We will not tolerate any type of racial slurs or bigotry.Please thank and help our Volunteers by taking recyclable cardboard (boxes to take home your food and items). Put out on your recycle day for pick up.More info go to our website: http://www.LIFNB.com Start Sharing:1) Pass this on to family, friends and neighbors in your community. 2) Copy flyers at http://www.LIFNB.com or this Craigslist post. Hand them out. Schools, Libraries, Senior Centers, Churches, Stores, etc. 3) Maybe you are an owner, manager or employee of a store, supermarket, distributor, wholesaler, farm, or manufacturer. Do you have soon to be expired food, drinks and/or merchandise you will be throwing out?Help us help you save money. Less carting fees. Great Community Relations.Call the Hotline (631) 223-4370 - 10 AM - 2 PM.4) Next time you are in a store where you shop. Ask the owner or manager if they would like to donate soon to be expired food, drinks and/or merchandise they will be throwing out shortly. We'll pick up and they save money on carting fees and help the community. Give our Hotline Number (631) 223-4370 - 10 AM - 2 PM.5) Share on Facebook:"Friend" - Li FNB"Like" - Long Island Food Not Bombs6) Become one of our volunteers. Come and join us.No Food Shares in your area, volunteers will help you start one.We are not affiliated with any religion, church or political party. Community churches do donate food and items to our Food Shares."Long Island Food Not Bombs" is the largest "Food Not Bombs" in the World. We are 4,000 Volunteers feeding 5,000 Long Islanders every week. 3 million pounds of food in 2014. Food that would have been thrown out.We do all this with no government funding, all volunteers. Volunteer to help us obtain funding.We are always in need of Plastic Folding Tables for our Food Shares. Donate when you can at: http://www.LIFNB.com Thank you, Volunteer Dennis (48 yrs protesting war) peace

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About Long Island Food Not Bombs

Location:

PO BOX 208, HUNTINGTON, NY 11743, US

Mission Statement

Food Not Bombs Mission Statement:

Food Not Bombs recovers and shares free vegan or vegetarian food with the public without restriction in over 1,000 cities around the world to protest war, poverty and the destruction of the environment. Each group is independent and invites everyone to participate in making decisions for their local chapter using the consensus process. Food Not Bombs is dedicated to taking nonviolent direct action to change society so no one is forced to stand in line to eat at a soup kitchen expressing a commitment to the fact that food is a right and not a privilege. With over a billion people going hungry each day how can we spend another dollar on war?

Description

The aim of Food Not Bombs is to fight the social, economic and environmental oppressions that are inflicted upon our community and our planet.

Mainly we provide groceries, fresh food and warm meals to low income communities. All the food we distribute is completely vegetarian and mostly organic. We also collect clothing, books, toiletries and toys for redistribution as well. We have numerous guerrilla gardening programs that range from blanketing neighborhoods with sunflowers to providing families with peach trees.

Our goal, which is admittedly lofty, is to root out the roots of oppression in our community. Some of these roots include racism, sexism, war, environmental destruction, poverty, corporate greed, and government oppression. While these evils undoubtedly affect our collective lives each day they are not something we are powerless to stop.

Food Not Bombs is one of the largest, fastest growing and effective food distribution programs in the world. Currently there are hundreds if not thousands of chapters around the world.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Community
Hunger
Advocacy & Human Rights, Community, Hunger

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

SKILLS

  • Cooking / Catering
  • Event Management
  • Food Service
  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • Ushering

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 16
  • 2-3 hours per week at our Food Shares
  • help unload volunteer cars and trucks. if you can make pickups for food and items. hand out food

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