New York City, NY
United States of America This House
was initiated with a search for a place to start a Soup Kitchen, where
the poor would be given food. All the services provided by Fraternite
Notre Dame's members are free of charge. Over a period of 10 years, without
including the Food Pantry Service helping needy families, Fraternite Notre
Dame has offered about (75,000 in 1996) one million free meals! |
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What
we do in New York:
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1- Soup Kitchen Service: an average of 300 free meals are served five days a week 2- Meals on Wheels Program: in the streets of New York City; about 250 meals a week 3- Meals brought to persons in their apartments: those afflicted with AIDS, the elderly, or people experiencing difficulties 4- Everyday, thanks to a truck offered by Manhattan's Rotary Club, we are able to extend our activities while performing various pick ups of more donated food, clothes and furniture 5- Food Pantry Service on Saturdays, helping more than 250 families 6- Referrals to other organizations that provide complementary services, for people going through difficult times, to help them play a role in society again 7- Every month, we celebrate the birthdays of poor kids who live in the area of the Soup Kitchen 8- Every year at Christmas, we offer over 1,200 gifts to the children in our neighborhood during a special Christmas snack |
10- Several times a week, visits to families in difficulty, to bring them food and friendship, and soften their many family problems 11- Clothing and furniture distributions to families in need 12- For great holidays, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc., we provide special meals to Veterans in our area 13- We get help from volunteers of every background: Interact, Rotaract and the Rotary Club, young people from various schools, Cadets from West Point Military School and young cadets from Harlem, individual volunteers, YSOP work force, etc. 14- Fraternite Notre Dame's members also volunteer at Goldwater-Coler Memorial Hospital, where they offer their help, on a regular basis, in the wards reserved to people afflicted with AIDS 15-
Every Tuesday, a Nun assures French classes in Sing Sing Correctional
Facility, visits the patients in the Jail's hospital, conducts a choir
of inmates and prepares for the annual Christmas celebration, when a snack
and some gifts are offered to the prisoners. |
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