A Look at Our Momentous 1st Year
Our impact
Exactly one year ago, our world and our city was practically unrecognizable. The failures of the Systems set in place to protect us left wider, deeper cracks for marginalized members of our community to slip through. So what did we do? We took action.
We came together. Here's a look at our impact in just one year.
Over the past year, the Free Store Project has:
- Built a total of 9 Free Store PopUps while helping mentor/foster the creation of 6 others throughout NY State.
- Distributed $2517 of unused transit credit via 125 Metrocards (gifted to the Free Store by 5 donors)
- Met and worked with a total of 174 VOLUNTEERS! It really takes a village.
- Diverted countless numbers of goods, resources and clothing from landfills into loving homes.
- Awarded $1000 from KeyFoods to stock our shelves at all 4 Free Stores. Supplementing any existing donations with quality baby food, formula, canned goods, non-perishable food items, detergent, soaps, hygiene and other personal care products.
- Redirected 1,257 donated books to Books Through Bars, Reach Out & Read, Alabama Books to Prisons and The Rolling Library.
- Distributed 1,224 individual packs of school supplies (folders, crayons, color pencils, etc) to NYC students in need via donations from Staples and estates.
- Provided thousands of articles of winter clothing, sleeping bags, blankets, air mattresses, coats and necessities to unhoused neighbors and community members.
- Received 736 bottles of Hand Sanitizer from Muse Health, dispensed at Free Stores, events & shared with community schools and leaders.
