Feed The 518

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Feed the 518 is a grassroots mutual aid effort serving the 518 / Capital Region 🤝
We provide food and essential resources to our unhoused neighbors while centering dignity, choice, and community care — not charity. 🍽️🧥

04/09/2026

🖤 MUTUAL AID REQUEST — FEED THE 518 🖤

Last month, we were able to feed around 40 people in our community.

This month, we’re trying to double that.

Our goal is to raise $500 to feed approximately 80 people/students for our next distribution.

Here’s the plan:

📅 Friday, May 22nd — We’re hoping to provide meals directly to students who may not have access to hot lunch (pending connection with a local school)

📅 Saturday, May 23rd — If we’re unable to coordinate with a school, we will still be outside in Schenectady, providing meals directly to the community

Either way, the mission stays the same:
No one eats last. No ID. No barriers.

We’re building this in real time, and we need the community’s support to make it happen again.

If you can contribute:
💸 CashApp: $feedthe518
🔁 Sharing this post helps more than you know

We fed 40 people last time.
Let’s feed 80 or more this time.

518 takes care of 518. 🖤

04/03/2026

🖤 COMMUNITY UPDATE — FEED THE 518 🖤

For our next distribution, we’re continuing our mission of feeding the community — but this time, we’re putting a special focus on kids in need.

There are children right here in the 518 who can’t afford hot lunch or may not have consistent meals at home. That’s something we can’t ignore.

So for this upcoming event, Feed The 518 will be providing meals to youth while still supporting unhoused and food-insecure community members.

No child should have to worry about where their next meal is coming from.

This is what mutual aid is about — stepping in where the system falls short and taking care of each other.

If you’d like to support this initiative:
💸 Donate : $feedthe518
📦 Contribute items
🔁 Share this post

Let’s make sure our kids are fed too.

518 takes care of 518. 🖤

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03/21/2026

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03/21/2026

🚨 UPDATE — WE ARE OUT OF FOOD 🚨

Thank you to everyone who came out today. Because of the support and turnout, we have officially run out of food.

We’re incredibly grateful to be able to serve our community — and this just shows how real the need is.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, shared, donated, and supported. This is only the beginning.

We’ll be back.

518 takes care of 518. 🖤

Thanks again to Caribe Spanish Restaurant and Sports Bar for providing the food and Izzy's Sweet Treats for providing chocolate chip cookies!!

03/21/2026

🚨 TODAY IS THE DAY — FEED THE 518 🚨

We’re outside TODAY in Albany.

🕐 1–4 PM
📍 8 Elm Street

Hot meals + fruit cups
No ID. No barriers. Just community.

If you or someone you know needs a meal, please come through.
If you can’t make it, share this so it reaches someone who can.

Let’s show what community looks like in real time.

518 takes care of 518. 🖤

🚨 TOMORROW — FEED THE 518 FIRST FOOD DISTRIBUTION 🚨Tomorrow we’ll be in Albany doing our first official food distributio...
03/20/2026

🚨 TOMORROW — FEED THE 518 FIRST FOOD DISTRIBUTION 🚨

Tomorrow we’ll be in Albany doing our first official food distribution.

🗓 March 21st
⏰ 1–4 PM
📍 8 Elm Street

Hot meals. Fruit cups.
No ID. No barriers. Just community.

This is something we built together — from an idea to real impact in just a few weeks.

To everyone who donated, shared, supported, or believed in this… thank you. Tomorrow is because of you.

Food will be first come, first serve, so please share this with anyone who may need a meal.

And big love to Caribe Spanish Restaurant and Sports Bar for helping make this possible.

We’re outside tomorrow.

518 takes care of 518. 🖤

03/16/2026

🎉 WE DID IT — GOAL REACHED 🎉

Because of this community, Feed The 518 has officially reached our fundraising goal for our first food distribution.

Your donations, shares, and support made it possible for us to secure hot meals and fruit cups that will be served on March 21st from 1–4 PM in Albany.

A special thank you to Caribe Spanish Restaurant and Sports Bar for partnering with us to help make this distribution possible. We’re proud to work with a local, family-owned restaurant that believes in feeding community with dignity.

Because of this collaboration and your support, 25–40 people will receive a hot meal — no ID, no barriers.

This is what mutual aid looks like.
Community showing up for community.

Thank you to everyone who donated, shared, and believed in this mission. This is only the beginning.

518 takes care of 518. 🖤

#518

03/12/2026

🚨 FINAL MUTUAL AID PUSH — FEED THE 518 🚨

We are so close to making our first food distribution happen.

We only need $125 more by next Thursday to secure the meals for our March 21st event in Albany.

This will allow us to provide hot meals and fruit cups for 25–40 people — no ID, no barriers, just community care.

Mutual aid only works when community shows up for community.

If you can help us cross the finish line:

💸 Donate what you can📦 Purchase an item from our Amazon Wishlist🔁 Share this post to help us reach someone who can help

Every $5, $10, $20 matters right now.

We are so close.

518 takes care of 518. 🖤

#518

03/09/2026

🚨 FEED THE 518 — FUNDING UPDATE 🚨

We’re getting close to our goal for our first food distribution on March 21st — but we still need the community to push us across the finish line.

We need to raise $275 by March 20th to fully fund the meals and supplies.

This distribution will provide hot meals and fresh fruit cups for 25–40 people with No ID & No barriers‼️

If you believe in community taking care of community, now is the time to show up‼️

💸 Donate what you can
🔁 Share this post
🤝 Help us reach the people who need it most

Every share and every dollar gets us closer.

518 takes care of 518.

#518

03/02/2026

🚨 FEED THE 518 — MUTUAL AID POST #2 🚨

March 21st • 1–4PM
📍 8 Elm Street, Albany NY

Our goal right now is $435 to fully fund this distribution.

That covers hot meals, fruit cups, supplies, and making sure we can serve 25–40 people with dignity.

Hot meals. No ID. No barriers.
Food is limited and first come, first serve.

If 44 people send $10 — we hit the goal.
If 22 people send $20 — we hit the goal.

Community makes this possible.

💸 Donate what you can (links below ⬇️ )
📦 Grab something from our Amazon Wishlist
🔁 Share this post

518 takes care of 518.

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