On July 30, a group of people gathered at Trinity Episcopal Church in Roslyn to assemble bags of food and other items to give to the less fortunate in Hempstead.
The work goes fast with volunteers filling the bags with water, sandwiches, fruit, packages, snacks and more, and then they head over to the Hempstead train station to distribute over 100 bags.
A joint effort of Trinity Church Roslyn and Salem AME Church, all interested volunteers are welcome to join the effort, to assemble the bags and distribute them.
“We have been assembling and giving out these bags of food for the less fortunate for about a year, and estimate that we have helped hundreds of thousands of people,” said Rev. George Sherrill. “We have such an enthusiastic and caring community here that this is a great fit for a project to help those in need in our backyard, and all are welcome to join us.”
If you’d like to give a monetary donation to help fund this program or join the volunteers, please email [email protected]. The bags are assembled and distributed on the fourth Saturday of each month.
Trinity Episcopal Church, at 1579 Northern Blvd. in Roslyn, NY, holds Sunday church services at 10 a.m. It is a historic church, designed by architect Stanford White and with Tiffany stained-glass windows. Its parish is friendly and welcoming to all.
For more information, contact [email protected]/516-621-7925 or visit http://www.trinityroslyn.org/.
