(June 18, 2020)

Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee has announced a partnership with the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) to donate more than 33 tons of pet food to 14 local non-profits and community-based organizations for distribution amongst Queens families in need of assistance feeding their four-legged loved ones. 

La generosa donación de la ASPCA de 2.520 bolsas combinadas de comida para perros y gatos, que suman un total de 66.900 libras, pretende hacer frente a la oleada de inseguridad alimentaria de las familias con animales de compañía -que ya es uno de los artículos más solicitados en los comedores sociales- debido a la pandemia del COVID-19.

Across multiple days beginning Thursday, June 18, Borough President Lee and the ASPCA will facilitate the distribution of more than 1,250 bags each of donated cat and dog food across the following local organizations, including:

• Commonpoint Queens — Sam Field Center in Little Neck
• Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. in Corona
• First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst in East Elmhurst
• Harding Ford Vision, Inc. in Jamaica
• Hungry Monk Rescue Truck in Ridgewood
• Jamaica Community Partnership Program, a Sheltering Arms NY program, in Jamaica
• La Jornada in Flushing
• Latin American Intercultural Alliance in Richmond Hill
• New Greater Bethel Ministries in Queens Village
• NYCHA Redfern Houses Residents Council in Far Rockaway
• Project Hope Charities, Inc. in Jamaica
• Queens Community House in Flushing and Forest Hills
• RIVER FUND in Richmond Hill
• Rock Safe Streets, a Sheltering Arms NY program, in Far Rockaway
• Voces Latinas in Jackson Heights

Tanto las bolsas donadas de comida para gatos como las de comida para perros vienen en dos tamaños distintos: bolsas de 15 y 31 libras para gatos y bolsas de 28 y 40 libras para perros.

RIVER FUND received the donations from the ASPCA and warehoused the food at its storage facility ahead of the June 18 distribution of the bags to the participating organizations out of its Richmond Hill headquarters.