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* * Long Island Food Not Bombs * * * FREE * Hempstead Food Share *

Today and Every Sunday at 2:00 PM

West Columbia Street & Station Plaza, Hempstead, NY 11550

All outdoors. Rain or Shine. No umbrellas or strollers by tables.

Come Share With Your Community.

Free Food, Clothing, Books, Baby Items, Household Items, Art, etc.

Whatever is brought by our Volunteers, You (if you can) and Your Neighbors in Your Community.

A Community is its Neighbors, not the towns they are in.

Get there a few minutes before start time. Help us unload our Volunteers vehicles and set up tables.

Bring empty bags, food, clothing, household items, baby items, books, etc to "Share with Your Community".

See Volunteers if you do bring items to Share, or you want to volunteer to hand food and items out.
Say hello for me, Volunteer Dennis.

Nothing to bring? Then bring yourselves.
We'll help you get food and items you need.

You don't need to bring any type of papers or ID to our Food Shares.

Everyone welcome to get Free Food, Clothing, Household Items, Baby Items, Books, Art, etc.

Depends what is brought by our volunteers and other neighbors to share.

We average 6,000 + pounds of food and merchandise each Food Share.

Just please be polite with your neighbors when we Share.

We will not tolerate any type of racial slurs or bigotry.

Please thank and help our Volunteers by taking recyclable cardboard (boxes to take home your food and items). Put out on your recycle day for pick up.

More info go to our website: http://www.LIFNB.com



Start Sharing:

1) Pass this on to family, friends and neighbors in your community.
We also have other Food Shares on Long Island during the week at http://www.LIFNB.com.

2) Copy flyer or this Craigslist post. Hand them out. Schools, Libraries, Senior Centers, Churches, Stores, etc.

3) Maybe you are an owner, manager or employee of a store, supermarket, distributor, wholesaler, farm, or manufacturer.
Do you have soon to be expired food, drinks and/or merchandise you will be throwing out?
Help us help you save money. Less carting fees. Great Community Relations.
Call the Hotline (631) 223-4370 - 10 AM - 6 PM.

4) Next time you are in a store where you shop.
Ask the owner or manager if they would like to donate soon to be expired food, drinks and/or merchandise they will be throwing out shortly.
Tell them we'll pick up and they save money on carting fees and help the community.
Give them our Hotline Number (631) 223-4370 - 10 AM - 6 PM.


5) Share on Facebook: Get up to the minute news and help spread the word about our wonderful peaceful movement.

Friend -- Li FNB
Like -- Long Island Food Not Bombs
Join - - Long Island Food Not Bombs - Group

6) Become one of our volunteers. Come and join us feed the needy. Help us expand to other areas of Long Island and NYC.
Arrive a few minutes before Food Share start times. Ask for Volunteers Jon, Vincent or Brian, say hello for me.
Tell them you want to start volunteering.

Volunteers are always needed to hand out food and items at our Food Shares, make pickups of food and items, writing articles and grants, taking videos and photos, spreading the word about Food Not Bombs.

Cleaning out your house or apartment? Having a garage sale? Bring clothing & items to our Food Shares.
Keep them out of our landfills and share with the needy.

Thank you for Sharing.


We are not affiliated with any religion, church or political party.
Community churches do donate food and items to our Food Shares.

"Long Island Food Not Bombs" is the largest "Food Not Bombs" http://www.FoodNotBombs.net in the World.

Over 1.3 million pounds of food, clothing, household items, furniture, school supplies, art, etc were distributed directly to people who needed them in 2012 with over 1,000 volunteers. Food and Items that would have been thrown out. http://www.lifnb.com/article/reflections_accomplishments_li_food_not_bombs_2012


We are always in need of Plastic Folding Tables for our Food Shares.

Donate when you can at: http://www.LIFNB.com

One of our videos: Long Island Food Not Bombs
See us starting at 13:55: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fixP0UR_G_U

Latest Articles:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/new-app-aids-li-food-charity-s-efforts-1.5002482

http://ligoodnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/long-island-food-not-bombs-community-exchanges-of-food-and-supplies/


Thank you, Volunteer Dennis (46 yrs protesting war)

Long Island Food Not Bombs (http://www.LIFNB.com) Our 7th year.
Protesting War, Poverty and Destruction of Our Environment

World Peace Now

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