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| Last updated on November 7, 2007 |
Yorkville Common Pantry (YCP) is dedicated to reducing hunger and promoting dignity and self-sufficiency. Our services are provided in the Upper East Side and East Harlem to our neighbors in and around these communities.
Description:
As the largest, nonsectarian, neighborhood-based provider of emergency food in New York City, YCP provides 1,250,000 meals annually to all who come seeking relief from hunger.
Each week, YCP:
Provides hundreds of emergency food packages through its 24/7 program, the city's only emergency food pantry that never closes.
Serves 1,200 hot meals to hungry individuals.
Distributes nutritious grocery packages containing 23,000 meals to 700 low-income families, representing 3,000 individuals.
Provides homeless men and women with on-site showers and laundry facilities, psychiatric assessments, emergency shelter, and help in obtaining jobs and housing.
Aids clients in obtaining needed services and entitlements.
History:
The Pantry was founded in 1981 by a coalition of East Side churches and synagogues
Contact people:
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Gladys Ortiz, (917) 720-9710, (email)
Beth Selcov, (917) 720-9713, (email) |
Office fax number: (212) 410-3923
Address:
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8 East 109 Street
New York, NY 10029
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Web Site: http://www.ycp.org
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