Community Events
Community Toy Drive
Spread joy this holiday season! Donate an unwrapped new or unused toy or book to our Community Toy Drive, benefitting children in need in our community!
Warm Clothing Collection Drive
Please join us at Plymouth Church on Nov. 19 from 12-3 p.m. to spread love as we support asylum-seekers and migrants in need in our community. Donate your washed and gently-used, or new, warm clothing items for men, women, and children!
We are accepting coats (puffy preferred), jackets, warm-weather accessories, pants, shirts, sweaters, sweatshirts, boots, and sneakers. Underwear and socks must be NEW, in-package.
Back to School - Backpack Drive
Please help kids in our community living in public housing developments start the school off right by donating new or gently-used backpacks to:
Councilmember Lincoln Restler’s Office: 410 Atlantic Avenue (Monday to Thursday from 9:00AM to 5:00PM)
or Assembly Member Emily Gallagher’s Greenpoint Office: 685a Manhattan Avenue (Monday to Thursday from 10:30AM to 6:30PM, or Friday from 10:30AM to 1:00PM)
Thank you for your support!
P.S.8 Community Food Drive
P.S.8 Community Food Drive: May 1 - 5
Please help us support CHiPS, who has been working tirelessly to provide food for newly-arrived migrant families in need in our community. P.S.8 Families can drop off food during school hours any day next week. Thank you!
Past Event: Warm Clothing Drive for Migrants/Asylum-Seekers
Hundreds of migrants/asylum-seekers arrive daily, without warm clothing, food, or basic necessities. Help us give them a warm welcome by donating warm clothing at our Clothing Drive on Sunday, Jan. 29, from 10-1, at 101 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Past Event: Community Toy Drive
Please help us spread joy to a child in need in our community this holiday season. Bring your unwrapped, new or unused toy or book to Brooklyn Borough Hall on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 9 am - 1 pm.
Past Event: Community Back to School Supply Drive
Community Back to School (Supply) Drive - August 20th from 9am - 12pm at Borough Hall. Please bring your donations of unused/new backpacks, notebooks, pencils, crayons, markers, etc. as we collect supplies for our kids to go back to school!