Photo by Stacie Joy
Today, volunteers from the mutual aid group EVLovesNYC filled 300 backpacks with back-to-school supplies in the basement of the Elim House Of Worship on Avenue B and 12th Street.
Tomorrow, they'll distribute the backpacks containing crayons, markers, paper, sticky notes, notebooks, etc., to families with school-aged kids in the NYC shelter system.
The volunteer-run group's modest origins date back to spring 2020 when a handful of friends got together to prepare meals for neighbors from a small East Village apartment kitchen. Since then, they've prepared more than 500,000 meals for New Yorkers in need across the city.
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