Two Great Ways You Can Help Out!

As we near the 5-year anniversary of our founding this July, Long Island Food Not Bombs is now sharing tens of thousands of pounds of groceries each week! We're also sharing other necessities like clothing, hot meals, school supplies, toys and toiletries to folks in need here in our own community. There are two factors to why Long Island Food Not Bombs is able to do what we do.

Community Solidarity, Inc.

The first is because of the support of our sister organization, Community Solidarity, Inc. Community Solidarity, Inc. is a new nonprofit created by JonSTeps (the co-founder of Long Island Food Not Bombs) and Vincent Cocca (community activist, and LIFNB organizer). Community Solidarity helps to supply free groceries to our food shares and to other food pantries across Long Island.

Their support is integral to what we do, and it's also the first line of defense for many struggling families during this depression. Together we help the average family of four coming to our food shares save $80 a week off their groceries bill. That's $4,160 a year, or over $74,880 across an eighteen year period. The difference Community Solidarity helps to makes can actually transform the future of many struggling families. It can mean saving enough money to send their two kids to school, it can mean a little extra cash to prevent foreclosure, to pay for the home heating oil or the car payment, or whatever else.

So for the aforementioned reasons please consider becoming a supporter of Community Solidarity, you can do this by making a one-time donation or a recurring donation. Every little bit helps! and you can find more information on how to donate below.

Our volunteers and our philosophy

The second reason why we're able to do what we do is because of our volunteers and our philosophy. Long Island Food Not Bombs is not a charity, we're neighborhood solidarity. To be more specific we're a community organization that believes the community needs to work together to overcome social ills like poverty, hunger, homelessness, racism, sexism and environmental degradation.

So instead of giving handouts, we share food and we open the door to those receiving that food to get involved in some small way – be it with helping to set up, pick up groceries or just spread the word. The result has been the creation of the Long Island Food Not Bombs community a collection of peoples spanning all ages and backgrounds spread across Long Island. Together we're united in trying to improve our community.

And the invitation is open to you as well to join this community. Our food shares are a great way to meet new friends and do some incredible good for your local neighborhood. Plain and simple, one person volunteering 2 hours a week can feed over 50 people for that whole week!

Interested? You can learn more you here, you can find our locations/times here, and you can send us any of your questions here.