The Big Apple often gets a bad rap for being a town of chilly attitudes. But during Winter Storm Juno, New Yorkers showed us that they’re warm-hearted people who’ve got one another’s backs.
From offering free transportation for people in need, to providing shelter for those without, the city’s everyday heroes proved the best way to weather the storm is by lending a hand.
Rescuing food on 40th Street for our neighbors in need ahead of #Snowmageddon2015! pic.twitter.com/0aUpS5qWIX
— City Harvest (@CityHarvest) January 26, 2015
For the first time ever, the Food Bank for New York City closed all of its locations on Tuesday, putting 1.4 million locals at risk of going without food, Ross Fraser, director of media relations, told HuffPost via email.
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Sure, New Yorkers were urged to stay indoors on Monday night, but for the Coalition for the Homeless, it was business as usual.
The advocacy group trekked to the Bronx and through Uptown and Downtown Manhattan to bring basic food items, blankets, sleeping bags, socks and winter apparel to people on the streets.
“Regardless of the weather, we are out and about,” Juan De La Cruz, program manager of the coalition’s Grand Central Food Program, told The Huffington Post.
