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A Festival of Free Things: Williamsburg’s Friendsgiving for the World Day of the Poor
On November 8th, the Shalom Catholic Community in Brooklyn held a Friendsgiving event in communion with the Catholic Church’s worldwide initiative, the World Day of the Poor. This Friendsgiving celebration was organized as a Festival of Free Things: free clothes, free meals, free gifts, live music, friendship-building activities, nail services, free rosaries, and more. Everything was offered outdoors on 85 North 15th Street, between Greenpoint and Williamsburg. The event gathered around 120 volunteers, who prepared food deliveries throughout Brooklyn, served meals, distributed clothing, and set up all the spaces. This was the fourth year the Shalom Catholic Community hosted the event in Brooklyn. Over 350 meals were given out, along with 150 pizzas generously made by San Antonio’s Wood Fired ...

World Day of the Poor 2024 is warmly celebrated in Brooklyn as a Festival of Free Things
Helping Our Friends in Need On a recent chilly Saturday morning ShalomNYC and members of the community organized an annual Friendsgiving event in commemoration of World Day of the Poor, Nov. 17. Volunteers from all different parts of the tristate area donated clothing jackets, foods, hygienic products and their time to give back to those in need around Brooklyn. The community organized four mission trips, where vans were loaded with pre-packed goods to deliver to those on the streets looking for work and those at shelters who have the constant uncertainty of what tomorrow will bring. One of the missions I went on was to a Home Depot, where men were lined along the entrance waiting to be picked up ...
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