The RAP4BRONX (Relief Access Program for The Bronx) was established amid the COVID-19 pandemic to collect, donate and distribute food meals, groceries and essential supplies to frontline workers, and vulnerable residents in The Bronx and throughout New York City.
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Since our first delivery of 100 boxed meals donated by Great Performances to POTS soup kitchen, on April 1, the RAP4BRONX has grown to be a substantial operator in the New York City food relief space.
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Donate a Thanksgiving meal!
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This holiday season, please help us distribute turkeys to our communities in need and help them celebrate Thanksgiving Day with a traditional meal.
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Volunteers helping with food distribution at the Fort Schyler Presbyterian Church, in the Bronx.
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Monthly Update: October 2020
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As we have just completed our sixth month of operations, we continue helping the underserved and working alongside community based and non-profit organizations to fulfill the community’s needs. Food insecurity existed before the Covid-19 pandemic and the need continues to grow during these unprecedented times.
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"We just pooled all of our resources, put our thinking hats on and got busy and stepped in because, as we know, the Bronx was heavily affected by COVID-19, and so we just got to work.” Shana McCormick, Rap4Bronx Coordinator
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We work alongside food pantries, senior citizen homes, community based and non-profit organizations, to help alleviate the stress of Bronx residents who find themselves at the intersection of being most vulnerable to COVID-19 and most impacted by inequity.
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Acacia Network - Wales Family Residence; Acacia Network - Crystal's Place Residence; Acacia Network - Millennium Care; Bronx Islamic Society; Bronx Works - CMCC Food Pantry; Bronx Works - Melrose Classic Community Center; Bronx Works - NYCHA Betances Houses; Bronx Works - NYCHA Saint Mary's Park Community Center; Bronx Works - Senior Center; Casa Yurumein; Commonwealth Veterans Residence; Community Board 9; Community Pediatric Programs - Terra Nova; Dream Yards / The Black Mutual Aid; First Presbyterian Church; Infinity Bible Church; Les Mutuals Aid - NYCHA Middletown Plaza Houses; Les Mutuals Aid - NYCHA Mitchell Houses; Mission Helping Hands; NY Common Pantry - East 138th Street; NY Common Pantry - Hoe Avenue; NYCHA- Castle Hill; NYCHA - Monroe Houses; PSA-8; SAPNA, NYC; St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction, Inc. (SACHR); The Huntington Free Library; Throggs Neck Resident Council - Family Worship Center; Throggs Neck Resident Council - NYCHA Throggs Neck Houses; URI - Harmony House; URI - Restoration Residence; Westchester Methodist Church; Westchester Square Bid; Mott Haven Community Fridge; Summer Youth Brigade Fridge; Hunts Point Community Fridge.
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Goods we distributed in September
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We are supplying produce to the South Bronx area via Mott Haven Fridge, Summer Youth Brigade Fridge and Hunts Point Fridge.
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We continue to participate in the internship program with The Thinkubator Trains where Bronx youth engages and assists RAP4BRONX in addressing and further researching food insecurity within their community.
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"RAP4Bronx has been a wonderful partner in our quest to serve families throughout the Bronx with consistent meals during the time of the pandemic. COVID 19 hit the Bronx the hardest and families were left scrambling for food, since the meals provided from school lunches were not sufficient to sustain families. In the wake of the pandemic, we started a driving program that served over 150 homebound/ quarantined families weekly, and by early July this increased to serving over 400 families with pick up pantry twice a week. In order to sustain the need, and support the increased need, RAP4Bronx has been a tremendous supporter of approximately 1000 to 1500 meals weekly, and countless pounds of dry goods, fruits and vegetables, to sustain our families. The deliveries are timely, our partners are always responsive and the systems in place are consistent and flawless. When we expanded to service additional locations on Blackrock Avenue and at the United Methodist Church in Westchester Square due to need, RAP4Bronx took the lead and helped us to service the needs in these communities in the Bronx as well. The team that I work with, named Throggs Neck Community Alliance, and in partnership with Community Board 10, thanks Shana and the entire team from RAP4Bronx for their professionalism, wonderful service and for being our backbone in our mutual mission to eradicate hunger in the Bronx. We look ahead to the future for even greater things!"
Angela Torres,
Throggs Neck community organizer & Bronx parent advocate
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Meet our dedicated volunteers
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Our partners & supporters
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Your donation can provide:
- Personal protective equipment, prepared meals, personal items for frontline workers.
- Diapers, school supplies, hygiene items and essential goods for families.
- Food and essential goods for housing shelters.
- Food and restaurant prepared meals for soup kitchens and food pantries.
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RAP4BRONX is powered by The Skyline Charitable Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered with the Federal government. Federal Tax ID #: 46-2141917
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49-28 31st Place, Long Island City, NY 11101
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