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How Can I help
How Can I Help
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- Donate Money: 100% of your monetary donation is used to purchase needed items. Sidewalk Samaritan has no overhead- every dollar goes to help those in need. You can direct your donation to the purchase of specific items or leave that to us.
- Donate Your Time: You can organize the collection of important items that are critical for people who are homeless: coats, shoes, backpacks, sleeping bags and blankets. Your skills can be used to involve your book club, alumni association, coworkers, tenant association etc. to collect, organize, deliver needed items.
- Donate Your Services: Sidewalk Samaritan has grown based on the generous donations of services by attorneys, photographers, barbers, drivers, etc. These services are crucial but costly. Have an idea how you can help? Let us know!
- Donate Your Things: The ultimate form of recycling is giving your unneeded items to those in need.
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The Sidewalk Samaritan
Coat Club
Because of the great need for warm outerwear, and the cost of purchasing new coats, Sidewalk Samaritan accepts coat donations year-round. We encourage individuals and groups/clubs to join together to conduct a coat drive, especially as the cooler weather approaches and people are evaluating their older outerwear and purchasing new coats. Coats can be shipped to our larger storage facility or a drop-off can be arranged for our NYC storage area.
- * Please only donate coats that are in clean & wearable condition: no major rips, stains, broken zippers or missing buttons
- * Please separate coats into male & female & child (if neutral - pack with male coats)
- * Pack into heavy weight plastic bags that have been labeled: “Women’s coats”, “Men’s
The Sidewalk Samaritan
Footwear Club
Comfortable, well-fitting footwear is probably the single greatest need of people who spend much or all of their time on the streets. Because of this great need for footwear, and the cost of purchasing new shoes & boots, Sidewalk Samaritan accepts shoe donations year-round. We encourage individuals and groups/clubs to join together to conduct a footwear drive and to share the time and expense of gathering, sorting & transporting footwear to Sidewalk Samaritan. Footwear can be shipped to our larger storage facility or a drop-off can be arranged for our NYC storage location. We gratefully sneakers, shoes, and boots for men, women & children. Unfortunately, we cannot accept women’s high-heel or dress shoes.
- * Please only donate shoes that are in reasonably clean & wearable condition: no major rips, holes, broken zippers or eyelets or soles which have holes or are not well-attached.
- To make our distribution of shoes more efficient and less chaotic, we request that each pair of shoes or boots be donated as follows: rubber-banded or tied together and labeled with a piece of paper as to type and size (e.g., men’s 9 1/2, child’s 2, women’s 7 1/2). If there are many shoes, they can be placed into separate bags or boxes for men, women, and children.
