The Camp Friendship Food Pantry
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What We Do
The impact of Covid 19 and the pandemic lockdown hit our neighbors immediately with many people losing their jobs and being forced to choose between paying rent and buying food. After decades of serving the community with youth programs we had to pivot towards a new way to be supportive. On June 2, 2020, Camp Friendship Food Pantry opened its doors for the first time and started giving away fresh produce, pantry bags, and prepared meals. Today, we distribute food weekly to several hundred families and individuals. We also deliver food to homebound seniors referred to us from the organizations Heights and Hills and COPO.
How We Do It
Every week approximately 50-60 volunteers - a diverse and multigenerational group of adults and seniors, high school and college kids organize inventory, make deliveries using their own vehicles, set up the gym, load in deliveries, stuff produce and pantry bags and staff donation tables around the neighborhood. Many other volunteers help out from home with graphic design, social media, volunteer recruitment, filling out applications and putting up flyers.
Please drop by any Saturday morning and see us in action! Some neighbors drop by every Saturday and make it part of their routine to donate groceries on their way back from their weekly trip to the supermarket.
If you're able, please consider making a financial contribution. We spend approximately $1000 a week on purchasing fresh produce.
We also accept donations of unexpired and unopened non-perishable goods at the Camp Friendship, located at 339 8th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues), Brooklyn, NY.
Donations can be dropped off: Saturdays 9am-12:30pm
Most Needed Pantry Items:
Canned Tuna, Salmon, Chicken
Rice (1lb. packages preferred)
Pasta, Tomato Sauce
Boxes of Cereal, Shelf stable milk (dairy and non-dairy)
Dried or Canned Beans, Lentils
Canned Veggies, Cans of Hearty Soups
Disposable Diapers (for children’s sizes 2-5 and adults)
Period Products
Our Partners:
We are proud of the partnerships we have been building and strengthening since 2020. We are grateful to this unified community of neighbors helping neighbors.
