Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or otherwise lacking time, resources, or ability to shop for groceries themselves.  

Volunteers will shop for items on a provided list(s) and attempt to stay within the budget assigned by our partner, West Brooklyn Waterfront Mutual Aid. A WBWMA veteran volunteer will be there to assist you should you have questions. WBWMA will pay for the groceries at check out and deliver them.

Parent/guardian required for volunteers under 12 years old. Volunteers 12+ may come without a guardian. Waiver required for every participant under 18. Waivers are located in your profile – you will be prompted to set up a profile upon registration. 

About our Partner

West Brooklyn Waterfront Mutual Aid is a grassroots community collective created by neighbors, for neighbors. We aim to build solidarity in our neighborhoods by pooling resources, supporting each other’s needs and finding help for our most vulnerable neighbors. Donate to WBWMA HERE.

Agest 8+ w/o guardian

Join our weekly Community Club after school service project to help create meaningful artwork and pack snack bags for our local soup kitchen at CHiPS. We will discuss food insecurity and why it’s important and essential that we all take steps to help when we can. Our goal will be to donate 300 snack bags to help our hungry neighbors weather the cold winter months.

Suggested donation $30 per volunteer

Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community, connection, and delicious food with recently arrived refugee families. Our new neighbors will cook the main part of a meal and you will contribute side dishes, salads and desserts. We will all listen to and learn from each others stories. This evening gives the refugee families the chance to earn extra money and meet community members. Hosts and attendees get to sample international cuisine and help make new connections with neighbors, new and old!

Kids can expect to have a blast running around and making art with their new friends. Everyone is expected to help clean up.

Closer to the date we will circulate a dinner theme and a way for you to sign up to bring a potluck dish to contribute. All ages are welcome so please bring the whole family!

Suggested Donation: $30 per person or $100 per family. Funds will go to covering the cost of food and compensating the refugees families for their contributions. You can donate HERE.

Agest 8+ w/o guardian

Let’s make sure all in our community have enough to eat! We will discuss food insecurity and why it’s important and essential that we all take steps to help when we can. Our goal will be to donate 300 sandwiches to help our hungry neighbors weather the cold winter months.

Suggested donation $30 per volunteer

All ages!

Let’s create a new routine on our way to school or work on Fridays! Pitch in and ensure the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge is cared for each week. We’ll bring cleaning supplies (including trash bags and gloves), you bring something to put in the fridge. We’ll clean the fridge together and stock what you bring. Suggestions for what to bring:

• Fresh produce (bag of apples, oranges, carrots, etc.)
• Wrapped sandwiches
• Portions of cooked soup or pasta

Grocery shop for neighbors who are homebound, experiencing hardship, elderly, or otherwise lacking time, resources, or ability to shop for groceries themselves.  

Volunteers will shop for items on a provided list(s) and attempt to stay within the budget assigned by our partner, West Brooklyn Waterfront Mutual Aid. A WBWMA veteran volunteer will be there to assist you should you have questions. WBWMA will pay for the groceries at check out and deliver them.

Parent/guardian required for volunteers under 12 years old. Volunteers 12+ may come without a guardian. Waiver required for every participant under 18. Waivers are located in your profile – you will be prompted to set up a profile upon registration. 

About our Partner

West Brooklyn Waterfront Mutual Aid is a grassroots community collective created by neighbors, for neighbors. We aim to build solidarity in our neighborhoods by pooling resources, supporting each other’s needs and finding help for our most vulnerable neighbors. Donate to WBWMA HERE.

Agest 8+ w/o guardian

Join our weekly Community Club after school service project to help create meaningful artwork and pack snack bags for our local soup kitchen at CHiPS. We will discuss food insecurity and why it’s important and essential that we all take steps to help when we can. Our goal will be to donate 300 snack bags to help our hungry neighbors weather the cold winter months.

Suggested donation $30 per volunteer

Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community, connection, and delicious food with recently arrived refugee families. Our new neighbors will cook the main part of a meal and you will contribute side dishes, salads and desserts. We will all listen to and learn from each others stories. This evening gives the refugee families the chance to earn extra money and meet community members. Hosts and attendees get to sample international cuisine and help make new connections with neighbors, new and old!

Kids can expect to have a blast running around and making art with their new friends. Everyone is expected to help clean up.

Closer to the date we will circulate a dinner theme and a way for you to sign up to bring a potluck dish to contribute. All ages are welcome so please bring the whole family!

Suggested Donation: $30 per person or $100 per family. Funds will go to covering the cost of food and compensating the refugees families for their contributions. You can donate HERE.

Agest 8+ w/o guardian

Let’s make sure all in our community have enough to eat! We will discuss food insecurity and why it’s important and essential that we all take steps to help when we can. Our goal will be to donate 300 sandwiches to help our hungry neighbors weather the cold winter months.

Suggested donation $30 per volunteer

All ages!

Let’s create a new routine on our way to school or work on Fridays! Pitch in and ensure the Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge is cared for each week. We’ll bring cleaning supplies (including trash bags and gloves), you bring something to put in the fridge. We’ll clean the fridge together and stock what you bring. Suggestions for what to bring:

• Fresh produce (bag of apples, oranges, carrots, etc.)
• Wrapped sandwiches
• Portions of cooked soup or pasta

Ages 13+

Do you have babysitting experience or love kids? Help families in need who will be shopping the free store at the Plymouth Church clothing distribution. We’ll set you up with some arts and crafts to do with the kids while the parents are busy picking out warm winter clothing that fit their needs.

USE THIS LINK TO SIGN UP! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0949AAA82BA4FF2-54113427-clothing?useFullSite=true#/

Families are referred to the free store event from local agencies, shelters, and nonprofit organizations. These are families in great need of appropriate winter clothing.

Have clothes to donate? We need more! Please drop gently used or new warm winter clothing at Plymouth Church, 57 Orange St weekdays and Sundays 10a – 4p. Thank you!

Ages 13+

Do you have babysitting experience or love kids? Help families in need who will be shopping the free store at the Plymouth Church clothing distribution. We’ll set you up with some arts and crafts to do with the kids while the parents are busy picking out warm winter clothing that fit their needs.

USE THIS LINK TO SIGN UP! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0949AAA82BA4FF2-54113427-clothing?useFullSite=true#/

Families are referred to the free store event from local agencies, shelters, and nonprofit organizations. These are families in great need of appropriate winter clothing.

Have clothes to donate? We need more! Please drop gently used or new warm winter clothing at Plymouth Church, 57 Orange St weekdays and Sundays 10a – 4p. Thank you!

Each month we host a Community Dinner and invite community members to meet and make connections with newly arrived refugees. Our new neighbors will cook the main part of a meal, attendees will contribute side dishes, and we will all share in learning from and listening to each others stories. This gives the refugee family the chance to earn extra money and meet community members. Hosts and attendees get to sample international cuisine and make new connections.

Set up volunteers will be tasked with setting up the tables, making place cards, decorating, among other duties. You will help the refugee family warm the meal they bring and assist them in plating the food. You will act as hosts throughout the evening and also help clean up if you are able to stay through the end of dinner (encouraged, but not required).

We welcome youth ages 8-18 to sign up as SET UP VOLUNTEER . If you would also like to attend dinner (all ages!) set up volunteers should sign up for both set up (this listing) and also sign up for the DINNER project listing. You can find that HERE.

Hosting/Set Up: 4:30-6p (this project listing)

Dinner/Clean Up: 6p – 8:15p (please ALSO sign up for THIS project)

Join us for our monthly Community Dinner and share community, connection, and delicious food with recently arrived refugee families. Our new neighbors will cook the main part of a meal and you will contribute side dishes, salads and desserts. We will all listen to and learn from each others stories. This evening gives the refugee families the chance to earn extra money and meet community members. Hosts and attendees get to sample international cuisine and help make new connections with neighbors, new and old!

Kids can expect to have a blast running around and making art with their new friends. Everyone is expected to help clean up.

Closer to the date we will circulate a dinner theme and a way for you to sign up to bring a potluck dish to contribute. All ages are welcome so please bring the whole family!

Suggested Donation: $30 per person or $100 per family. Funds will go to covering the cost of food and compensating the refugees families for their contributions. You can donate HERE.

Ages 13+

Help spread love this Valentine’s Day! Volunteers will work with kids and families at the Arbor Inn transitional homeless shelter to craft beautiful Valentine’s for themselves, and to trade with family and friends. We will create a festive environment full of love and even bring treats to share.

About the Shelter

Arbor Inn offers short-term housing for 44 homeless mothers, each with one child up to the age of eight. Families are referred by the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS). Arbor Inn provides a secure environment where homeless women, many of whom have escaped domestic violence situations, begin to feel safe and achieve stability.

Residents receive assistance that includes case management, mental health counseling, on-site recreation, and nursing care, while regular support groups, parenting skills and household budgeting sessions, and vocational training classes are held as well. BCHS staff members help Arbor Inn moms find permanent jobs and permanent housing in the community.

This past year, 100% of the homeless families who were deemed housing ready by DHS were placed into permanent housing of their own in the community, with an average time to placement of 8 months.