Comments on: Sandy leaves NYC drop-in center for homeless LGBT youth ‘decimated’

By: Gay Sandy victims struggle to recover | Gay News | Washington Blade - America's Leading Gay News Source

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:59:30 +0000

[...] Ali Forney Center’s drop-in center for homeless LGBT youth in Manhattan’s West Chelsea neighborhood that flooded during the storm has relocated to the nearby LGBT Community [...]

By: Chris Out-Fm

Chris Out-Fm — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:05:17 +0000

I just want to add that the other drop-in center for homeless LGBT youth in Manhattan, the New Alternatives Center on Christopher Street, was also decimated by Sandy and also desperately needs support in the form of money or food donations or volunteers to help with their programs including a Sunday suppers for LGBT homeless youth. The director, Kate Barnhart, just emailed me that "the kids are VERY hungry. They ate 20 large pizzas yesterday." While they normally make and serve healthier dinners than pizzas, if they had the resources, I'm pretty sure they'd have bought 40 large pizzas, or 100, and there are definitely more than enough hungry LGBT kids without homes in the area to eat them.

So please consider also donating to New Alternatives:
http://www.newalternativesnyc.org/how-can-i-help/

By: Hurricane Sandy Devastates LGBT Homeless Youth Drop-In Center Ali Forney Center in NYC: HELP HERE | Accidental Bear

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:26:07 +0000

[...] their families have rejected them for having a queer identity. It seems that Hurricane Sandy “decimated” the shelter’s drop-in center with four feet of storm surge water, destroying the building’s electricity infrastructure, [...]