PLEASE NOTE: This article was published in 2009. Some information may be outdated. Please call to confirm donation and/or volunteer information for the current year.
Want to do some good this Thanksgiving? The following places around Queens need your help. Call ahead to confirm details.
- The Greater Allen Cathedral
110-31 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica
718-206-4600
www.allencathedral.org
They will be distributing more than 18,000 meals on Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and will offer a sit-down meal on Thanksgiving Day.
9023 161st Street, Jamaica
www.salvationarmyusa.org
Their soup kitchen is offered Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 12-1pm. Their pantry is offered on Thursdays 10am-11am. The Salvation Army will be hosting Thanksgiving dinners at two additional locations TBD in Queens. Call 212-337-7200 for more information.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/Queens South Community Center
90-39 189th Street, Hollis
718-217-1238
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/Our Lady of the Angelus
63-63 98th Street, Rego Park
718-897-4444
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/Queens North Community Center
23-40 Astoria Boulevard, Astoria
718-726-9790
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/St. Raphael
35-20 Greenpoint Avenue, Long Island City
718-729-8957
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/St. Teresa
50-20 45th Street, Woodside
718-784-2123
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/St. Paul the Apostle
98-16 55th Avenue, Corona
718-271-1100
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/St. Michael
136-73 41st Avenue, Flushing
718-961-0295
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/ St. Bartholomew
43-22 Ithaca Street, Elmhurst
718-424-5400
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians
70-31 48th Avenue, Woodside
718-672-4849
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/St. Gertrude 's Parish Pantry
337 Beach 37th Street, Far Rockaway
718-327-5673
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/St. Rose of Lima
130 Beach 84th Street, Rockaway Beach
718-634-7394 or 718-634-0453
They have a food pantry. Call for dates and times.
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/Incarnation Food Pantry
89-28 207th Street, Queens Village
718-465-8534 or 718-464-2167
- Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services/St. Benedict the Moor
171-17 110th Avenue, Jamaica
516-536-5005
- SNAP Senior Center
80-45 Winchester Boulevard
Building 4, Queens Village
718-454-2100
They are running a Food Drive from November 10-20. 8:30am-4pm, Monday-Friday. They accept canned, nonperishable food items, to be collected by City Harvest.
City Harvest also works with more than 80 locations in Queens. Call your local church, synagogue, or community center for more information.
