We are seeking volunteers to join our Food pantry distribution team!
On Saturday from 7:15-9:30 AM, the Cabrini Immigrant Services Pantry (in collaboration with Church of the Good Shepherd) distributes food to the Inwood/Washington Heights Community. Our packages include bread, fresh produce, frozen meat, and shelf-stable items.
At around 7 AM, the earliest volunteers arrive to help with set up. At 7:15, we are ready to begin distributions.
Some of the tasks that we need help with
1) Carrying bags of food,
2) Handing out bags to clients,
3) Helping with intake (must speak Spanish)
4) Providing crowd-control (must speak Spanish)
5) Creating more bags as necessary
6) Putting away equipment at the end of our distribution.
Our History:
Cabrini Immigrant Services Food Pantry relocated from the Lower East Side to the Upper West Side in April of 2022. We are very proud to have served the Chinatown community faithfully for twenty years. By the end, we were providing approximately thirty pounds of healthy food (half the bag was comprised of fresh produce and frozen meat) to approximately a thousand clients every month.
Partnering with Church of the Good Shepherd, we have started over on the Upper West Side to serve the Inwood and Washington Heights community. There is a great need here, and the Cabrini Immigrant Services Food Pantry needs a lot of help to get back to where we were--and even expand. We are currently serving about three hundred families each week with an eye to do more. Please contact us to be a part of our mission to serve our neighbors.
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
630 Isham Street, NEW YORK, NY 10034, US
Cabrini Immigrant Services of New York City is committed to empowering immigrants, their families and their communities through education, access to essential services, civic participation and community building. We strive to work together with immigrant community to create a more inclusive society by fostering justice, dignity and respect.
Cabrini Immigrant Services is a community and faith-based agency located in the Lower East Side/Chinatown area of Manhattan. CIS-NYC provides a broad range of legal and social services to low-income immigrants, refugees and their families. We are able to meet the needs of immigrant populations through both supportive and concrete services that encourage economic independence and social empowerment, foster individual growth and development, and promote self-determination for immigrants and their families. Since its inception in 1999, CIS-NYC has served all persons regardless of age, race, ethnicity, country of origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or immigration status.
630 Isham StreetNew York, NY 10034
September 18, 2023
