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THE Y HOSTS DONATION DRIVES ACROSS THE CITY

The Y continues to seek ways to support community members through difficult times. In addition to distributing 200,000 pounds of free food and essential items to neighbors in need through our Y Community Markets at the Coney Island, Flatbush, and North Brooklyn Ys, we have hosted special holiday events and coat drives.

In Brooklyn, the Coney Island Y partnered with Congress Member Hakeem Jeffries, MetLife, and No Kid Hungry to distribute turkeys for Thanksgiving. In the Bronx, the Northeast Bronx Y collaborated with Congress Member Jamaal Bowman, then-Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Jr., State Senator Jamaal Bailey, Council Member Kevin Riley, City Harvest, FreshDirect, and Slick Rick Music Corp to organize a food giveaway and community party.

The Castle Hill and Northeast Bronx Ys also partnered with local elected officials to collect goods for families affected by a building fire.

In Queens, the Jamaica Y organized food and clothing drives in partnership with the Members Church of God International Feeding Program, Colgate-Palmolive, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, and AIDS Center of Queens County, while the Long Island City Y provided toys to local families. In Manhattan, volunteers from Dell Technologies met at the West Side Y to wrap presents for Y Afterschool students from the Bedford-Stuyvesant and McBurney Ys.•

(above) Northeast Bronx Y Executive Director Meishay Gattis and Congress Member Jamaal Bowman survey food being distributed to community members (below).

(l to r) YMCA Vice President of Public Affairs Sharon Levy, Coney Island Y Executive Director Sam Moore, Council Member Ari Kagan, Congress Member Hakeem Jeffries, then-Council Member Mark Treyger, YMCA Vice President of Operations Dordy Jourdain, and NYC Ferry Community Relations Associate Sherene Steer-Ojelabi distribute turkeys in Coney Island.

A Jamaica Y staff member stands ready to help people find their sizes.

Dell Technologies volunteers celebrate a job well done.

(above) Council Member Amanda Farías and Castle Hill Y Exectuive Director Sharlene Brown put out the call for donations. (below) Families at the Long Island Y are greeted by tables full of goodies to choose from.