Volunteers of Backpacks For The Street pack items like first aid kits, water, socks, toothpaste and snacks into colorful backpacks and distribute them to the homeless people of New York City
Jeffrey Newman, 53, his husband and business partner Jayson Conner, 44, and a team of volunteers plan to hand them out over the course of a week throughout all five boroughs.
Inside each backpack is a business card with the program's contact information, so Newman can help facilitate their needs, whether it's housing, a job search, stimulus check, or just someone to talk to. Over three years, Backpacks For The Street has given out 30,000 backpacks filled with supplies. More than 22,000 backpacks have been handed out since the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York in March of 2020."I don't think I could have survived if it wasn't for him. He took me in when nobody else basically would, so I pretty much owe him my life," he said.
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