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Commonpoint calls for donations to support
local food and mental health services
BY JENNA BAGCAL
jbagcal@qns.com
@QNS
In a continuing eff ort to provide
vital services amid the coronavirus
crisis, a Queens nonprofi t is asking
Photo courtesy of Commonpoint Queens
Sam Field Center in Little Neck
the community for donations in
order to provide vulnerable populations
with food and mental health
services.
Despite suspending in-person
programs and services last week,
Commonpoint Queens continued to
provide groceries, meals and mental
health counseling to those in
need. On March 23, the organization
also opened an emergency child
care facility for medical professionals
and fi rst responders who are working
tirelessly.
“In the past three days, we have
distributed more than 500 emergency
food packages to people in need,
older adults and homebound seniors
and the numbers continue to rise day
by day,” Commonpoint Queens’ CEO
Danielle Ellman said in a statement.
Ellman said throughout this process,
the organization’s job placement
assistance department was
overwhelmed with calls and individuals
were calling them for emergency
cash assistance.
“At the same time, we are not able
to collect payments we depend on to
keep our lights on,” Ellman said.
Th e organization called on the
community to make any fi nancial
donation they could, which would
have an “immediate and substantial
impact on Commonpoint Queens
and our future supporting our community.”
Monetary donations would go
toward services including grab-andgo
and home-delivered meals, mental
health counseling and application
assistance with a coronavirus fi nancial
impact loan.
To make a tax deductible donation
to Commonpoint Queens go
to www.commonpointqueens.org/
donate/. Th ose in need of emergency
assistance can go to www.commonpointqueens.
org/commonpoint
queens-emergency-assistance/.
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