Weeklong Queens Donation Drive Will Aid Veterans, The Homeless

QUEENS, NY — The Queens borough president's office is kicking off a borough-wide week of service with two donation drives to help veterans and the homeless.

Starting Feb. 10, Queens Borough Hall and the borough's 14 community boards will collect new pairs of socks for homeless individuals in Queens and items for patients at the St. Albans Veterans Administration Medical Center, including toothpaste, body lotion, body wash, zip-up hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants with drawstrings.

The borough president's office is partnering with Monkworkx Corp., a nonprofit that assists the homeless, on the sock donation drive.

“A true hallmark of our borough is the volunteerism and generosity so many Queens families exercise in service to their neighbors and their neighborhoods,” Acting Borough President Sharon Lee said. “Please consider donating even a brief moment of your time to build a healthier and safer Borough of Families.”

The drive will run through Feb. 17.

Donors may drop off their items at the following locations:

• Queens Borough Hall: 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens
• Community Board 1: 45-02 Ditmas Boulevard, Suite 1025, in Astoria
• Community Board 2: 43-22 50th Street in Woodside
• Community Board 3: 82-11 37th Avenue, Suite 606, in Jackson Heights
• Community Board 4: 46-11 104th Street in Corona
• Community Board 5: 61-23 Myrtle Avenue in Glendale
• Community Board 6: 104-01 Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills
• Community Board 7: 133-32 41st Road in Flushing
• Community Board 8: 197-15 Hillside Avenue in Hollis
• Community Board 9: 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Room 310A, in Kew Gardens
• Community Board 10: 115-01 Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park
• Community Board 11: 46-21 Little Neck Parkway in Little Neck
• Community Board 12: 90-28 161st Street in Jamaica
• Community Board 13: 219-41 Jamaica Avenue in Queens Village
• Community Board 14: 1931 Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway

For more information, visit queensbp.org/queens-week-of-service.