ASTORIA FOOD PANTRY INC

Astoria Food Pantry (AFP) is a food pantry and community center that aims to bring people together to provide material support and trust based on common interests. Created as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, AFP is a group of neighbors working together out of a shared belief that our community is safer when we take care of each other. Our mission is to make our community a safe and equal space for people of all sexualities, genders, religions, race, ethnicities, ages, and disabilities. The Astoria Food Pantry community center is a main hub for community organizing and political education, and a second home to a dedicated group of volunteers who treat each other—and our neighbors—like close family. AFP offers free groceries, clothing, books, baby supplies, workshops, meet-ups, game nights, tenant and labor rights support, and more. AFP is constantly adapting and evolving to meet the growing needs of our neighbors: offering free ESL classes for newly arrived migrant families (especially youth) who are bussed her without a safety net; providing free basic needs and local resources for formerly incarcerated folks and their families due to our proximity to Rikers Island; and even just providing free heating and cooling centers during extreme weather.