10/10/2025
We are looking for volunteers for this Sunday, 10/12. Setup starts at 2:30, sharing starts at 4:00, and clean up begins around 5:15.
We could use help with donations for these “departments” this week:
🟥 Remember what normally is listed here🥘🥪🍪? Want to help? Leave a comment below simply saying you are coming Sunday.
🟧 Pantry: Chef Boyardee, Hormel/ready heat meals, tuna, canned chicken, Vienna sausages, hearty canned soups and stews, canned fruit, fruit cups, canned veggies, pasta sauce, pasta, rice, mac and cheese, crackers, peanut butter, jelly.
🟩 Produce: bananas, carrots, grapes, oranges, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, garlic, peppers, squash, cucumbers, clementines, lettuce, apples.
🟨 Drinks: milk/milk cards, juice boxes, bottled juice, tea, coffee, breakfast drink packets.
🟦 Hygiene & Baby: Toilet paper, bar soap, shampoo, disposable razors, deodorant, toddler meals, baby food.
🟪 The Closet (for those experiencing homelessness): tents, tarps, gently used sleeping bags.
🟫 Pet Pantry: Wet and dry dog and cat food, cat litter, gently used collars, leashes, bowls, and beds.
⬜️ Special Table: 👻 Gently used kid costumes 🧸 gently loved stuffed animals and small toys, 🎒 gently used backpacks, duffle bags, and luggage with wheels
📌StreetSoldiers Schenectady is a members only club supporting current residents of the Downtown, Vale and Eastern Ave, Seward Place, and Hamilton Hill Neighborhoods of Schenectady only.
🛑 We are not accepting clothing, housewares, decor, bedding, accessories, or books until we have more volunteers to help🤲
📦 Donations can be dropped off “curbside” Sundays between 3:00 and 4:00 pm in the parking lot at the Zion Lutheran Church located at 153 Nott Terrace, Schenectady.
🥫🧼🐶Pantry and hygiene donations, pet food, and reusable bags (only) can be dropped off 7 days a week at our drop location at the JCC of Schenectady located at 2565 Balltown Rd. The donation intake shed is beige, marked with a banner and located behind the main building.
👋If you would like to volunteer you are welcome any Sunday. We volunteer completely outside all year. Volunteers arrive in the parking lot of the Zion Lutheran Church at 2:30 PM for set up and donation intake. Looking forward to meeting you!
🚙 The borrowed Zion parking lot is closed to all traffic between 4:00 and 5:30 PM.
💫Amazon Wishlist:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3KULZF2Q46XL7?ref_=wl_share
Please note: Since we do not have an office or staff items on the Amazon wishlist ship directly to the home of the StreetSoldiers Schenectady Team Coordinator, volunteer Maura. All boxes are processed and items are packed and brought to Zion for sharing.
⭐️GoFundMe:
https://gofund.me/3d4533ed
Thank you all very much for your support💙🐼💙