Queens Gazette

Vets Get 500 O’Neill’s Meals


Vets Get 500 O’Neill’s Meals

 

 

On Friday, July 15, Council Member Robert Holden, Chair of the New York City Council’s Committee on Veterans, and Council Member Julie Won joined Grubhub’s Serving the City program to donate 500 meals from Maspeth-based restaurant O’Neill’s to the Institute for Community Living’s Borden Avenue Veterans Residence in Long Island City. The residence is New York City’s only shelter exclusively serving veterans experiencing homelessness. The COVID-19 pandemic and recent rise in grocery prices have increased food insecurity across the nation, impacting nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers, including one in four children. To help combat this issue on a local level, Grubhub is leveraging its vast restaurant network to support underserved communities in Queens, including veterans. This donation is part of Grubhub’s Serving the City program, which expects to donate more than 25,500 meals to housing authorities, senior centers, veterans centers, and community organizations across all five boroughs in New York City this year.

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