Delivery Thanksgiving Meals to Brooklyn's Older Neighbors!

Heights and Hills is preparing for another Thanksgiving! For the past four years, we have reached more of our catchment area through meal deliveries and will continue them this year. We are looking forward to our volunteers delivering a delicious meal with a side of community love to our clients. Our organization will collaborate with the Service Collective, BloomAgain, Park Slope Parents and other community partners to fulfill this wonderful day of service and thanks.

We continue to honor the spirit of this event by focusing our resources on delivering Thanksgiving meals to Heights and Hills’ most vulnerable homebound clients. These older adults are experiencing the chronic challenges of being homebound and isolated day in and day out, and we want to be sure they are not forgotten on a holiday that can be especially difficult for those living alone.

We will need many volunteers to make Thanksgiving Day deliveries on foot, by car (preferred), bike and other modes of transportation. Signing up to volunteer for Heights and Hills is simple! Please carefully read and complete the volunteer form. The form provides delivery details and allows you to sign up for available delivery time slots on Thursday, November 27. If you would like to assist in delivery set up or other volunteer work, such as pie cutting and packaging on Wednesday 11/26 from noon to 4 pm, please email our Volunteer Program Director, Adina Matos, at amatos@heightsandhills.org.

We will continue our tradition of accepting pie donations to be included in this year’s meal deliveries. Please sign up here to bake or buy a pie to drop by the Park Slope Center for Successful Aging, address provided in form, on Wednesday 11/26 from noon to 4 pm.

If you cannot volunteer for Thanksgiving this year, please consider a contribution to support our impactful work. Thank you!

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Thank you for your interest! Help deliver 300 holiday meals to homebound older adults in Brooklyn by car, public transportation, or on foot on Thanksgiving Day, November 27. Delivery time commitment is about 2 - 2.5 hours total.

Volunteers will pick up meals in Park Slope from the Park Slope Center of Successful Aging to make deliveries to homebound clients of Heights and Hills by car/bike!, public transportation, or foot in the surrounding neighborhoods. Volunteers on foot must be willing to carry 2 to 6 meals (bags provided) and walk to destinations up to 25 minutes away from the center. Volunteers using cars/bikes must be willing to deliver to up to 5 locations throughout Brooklyn. Volunteers may need to enter apartment buildings and climb stairs. Masks encouraged when delivering. Families welcome!

Deliveries cover a wide geographic area, it's best if couples or families sign up for no more than 2 slots to deliver meals together. Neighborhoods include: Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Windsor Terrace, Prospect Heights, and Prospect Lefferts Garden.

Project Details:

• Approximately 40 Volunteers needed between 9:30 am – 11:00 am. Please select the time you expect to pick up meals and transportation expected to use for deliveries that day.
• Arrive only at your assigned time slot for efficient hand offs. If the time slot you prefer is filled you will be asked to deliver during an available time slot.
• Pick-up Location: Park Slope Center of Successful Aging - 463A 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215 and delivery to any of the Brooklyn neighborhoods listed above.
• Preference for folks with cars and bikes.

A detailed confirmation email will be sent from amatos@heightsandhills.org 24-48 hoursafter form submission, thank you for your patience!

Form for Delivery Sign up - https://forms.office.com/r/LmuhKk72cH

Form for Pie Donation - https://forms.office.com/r/wp7peaPdBV

If you would like to assist in delivery set up, pie cutting & packaging, or other volunteer work on Thanksgiving day please email our Volunteer Program Director, Adina Matos, at amatos@heightsandhills.org.