Sunday, September 24, 2023

An upgrade and refresh for East Village community fridges

Top photo by Stacie Joy 

This past week, a new refrigerator arrived at the Loisaida CommUnity Fridge and Pantry at Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish on Avenue B and Ninth Street. 

After someone forcibly removed the door, the fridge had been out of commission for several weeks. 

This new fridge was installed by Pedro from La Plaza Cultural. He had to "raise the roof" a few inches on the enclosure to make room for the taller unit donated by Thadeaus Umpster from the New York City Community Fridge Network and IOH NYC (In Our Hearts NYC). 

Meanwhile, last weekend, EVG regular Lola Sáenz painted the new East Village Neighbors Community Fridge & Pantry outside S'MAC on First Avenue at 12th Street...
Find a map of all NYC community fridges right here.
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3 comments:

  1. MSeptember 24, 2023 at 10:25 AM

    Upgrade looks great. Thank you to all who work on this project and donate. I used to think these fridges were empty all the time until I started seeing all kinds of folks fill them up, from regular drop offs by nonprofits, to bags from bagel shops, to left over food from office meetings, and saw that it was not just the homeless people in the neighborhood but all kinds of people who take advantage of this grassroots level program. Those fridges empty fast and make a big difference to the community. Very much appreciated.

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  2. Lola SáenzSeptember 24, 2023 at 10:38 AM

    Thank you EV Grieve and Stacie Joy for the update on the community fridges! Stacie, you're such a Great Photographer! Let's hope they last 🍀🍀

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2023 at 9:37 PM

    Beautiful art Lola, thank you!

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