Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Brings Food To Elmhurst Residents In Need

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens assisted more than 1,382 residents and their families at an Emergency Pop-Up Food Distribution event held today at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church located in the Elmhurst section of Queens, a community severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Throughout the course of the four-hour event grab-and-go style event, 1,220 meal bags containing three meals each for a family of three, were given out for a total of 10,980 meals. An additional 162 families received bags of produce and $25 supermarket gift cards.

At the conclusion of today’s event, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has now surpassed 40,000 meals provided at emergency Pop-Up Food Distribution sites over the past three and a half weeks. These events are organized and funded by Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens as a direct response to neighbors in need in both boroughs. To help, donate to Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens at www.ccbq.org.

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens is also offering access to supportive services via their call center, and assistance with behavioral health services via tele-health.

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Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens to Distribute Bags of Food in Elmhurst, Queens One of the Hardest Hit Communities Impacted by COVID-19

WHAT: Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens will distribute more than 11,000 meals at an Emergency Pop-Up Food Distribution event in Queens tomorrow, Friday, May 1, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church located at 87-34 Whitney Avenue in Elmhurst, a community severely impacted early on by the COVID-19 pandemic and blocks away from Elmhurst Hospital.

At the conclusion of tomorrow’s event, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens will have provided over 40,300 meals at emergency Pop-Up Food Distributions in Brooklyn and Queens over the past three and a half weeks.

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens continue to offer assistance to families in this and other impoverished immigrant neighborhoods by setting up these pop-up food pantries, providing access to supportive services via their call center, and to behavioral health services via tele-health. In addition, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens are also providing over 100,000 meals at our food pantries in both boroughs, seeing a 100 percent increase in demand for food at our existing food pantries.

According to the New York City Department of Health, as of April 28, Queens has 49,559 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 4,817 reported deaths, the most in New York City. Brooklyn and Queens account for nearly 60 percent of all COVID-19 cases in the New York metropolitan area. Elmhurst is one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in the United States.

The Emergency Pop-Up Food Distribution is organized and funded by Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens as a direct response to our neighbors in need in both boroughs. To help, donate to Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens at www.ccbq.org.