At 20th Street, we have been working really hard to encourage community involvement. When it was warmer out, we had a great time volunteering at the nearby Hudson River Park, where we helped clear out weeds. However, during February and March, once it got colder, we had to find a new way to get involved locally. We decided to contact St. Peter’s, a church a few doors down from us, to see how we could help out. We knew that they ran a food pantry so we decided to contact them to get involved. After arranging the date, we put up flyers and a sign-up sheet in the lobby and on a lovely Friday in February, a small group from 20th Street went over to work at the pantry.
At the food pantry, along with a couple other small groups, we worked on boxing up a bunch of food for the delivery the Church does on Saturdays. It was a really great opportunity to get involved locally. Our residents had a great time going to the food pantry and we returned in March to volunteer again. We’ve had a really amazing time working there and our residents have loved getting involved with the community in Chelsea.
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