Serving our neighbors with generosity and love
Good Neighbors Brooklyn helps run and support programs throughout Kings County aimed at serving our most at-risk populations: immigrants, refugees, single mothers, people experiencing homelessness or food scarcity, and the oppressed. We would love your partnership — get involved!
Thanksgiving Potluck
Come join us for a neighbors potluck dinner on Thanksgiving Day!
November 27, 2025
Park Slope Community Church
5-8pm
Brooklyn Fall Free Store
We are partnering with Brooklyn Open Hearts to host a fall free store, offering seasonal clothing, hygiene supplies and food pantry items. Everything is free, and all are welcome!
We need LOTS of volunteers on the day of the Free Store, including for shifts before and after the event.
Drop off donations: We're looking for new or gently used winter clothing, school supplies, and snacks. These items can be dropped off every day at Roots Cafe from 7:30am-4pm, or Sunday mornings at Trinity Grace Church.
English Class
GNC hosts a casual English conversation nights every Monday evening at Roots Cafe in South Slope. Immigrants, refugees, and other learners mix with our volunteers and get a chance to practice learning English and building community.
Volunteers always welcome!
Mentorship
One of the most impactful way to serve our neighbors is to help them stay our neighbors, through relational, emotional, spiritual, and legal support.
Mentorship is a program through which Good Neighbors volunteers can sponsor at-risk immigrant youths, creating opportunities for them to navigate the naturalization process via family court instead of more hostile immigration courts.
Anyone can become a Mentor, and the need is greater than ever.
CHiPS
Good Neighbors partners with the CHIPs Soup Kitchen on Fourth Avenue, and are always looking for volunteers for both one-time and recurring service opportunities.
Once a month sandwich making / dropoff
The Frances Residence
The Frances Residence is a private temporary residence program for mothers and their infants and toddlers in need of shelter and support services.
Join In: Spend time connecting with single mothers over shared meals and conversation. Offer support through childcare and help with other day-to-day needs.
Safe Families
Safe Families is a volunteer-driven ministry with the goal of keeping kids safe and families intact. A longterm partner organization, Safe Families organizes vetted and trained volunteers from local churches to offer individualized support for families in crisis.
Good Neighbors partners with Safe Families to empower, encourage, and strengthen families through mutually beneficial relationships. We seek to reduce foster care numbers by supporting families as we know that stress and isolation can lead to abuse and neglect.
MixteCa
Mixteca is a community-based organization in Sunset Park. It exists to address critical needs in health, education, social and legal issues facing the burgeoning Mexican and Latin American immigrant community in Brooklyn.
Good Neighbors partners with Mixteca every year to collect backpacks and school supplies for needy families to help make back-to-school an exciting and joyful season. We also host an annual Thanksgiving dinner for Mixteca families.
Vocal NY
Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL-NY) is a statewide grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people directly impacted by HIV/AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration, and homelessness.
We accomplish this through community organizing, leadership development, advocacy, direct services, and direct action.
Good Neighbors partners with Vocal by hosting community dinners.
Running Rights & Land
Good Neighbors partners with Touching Land to host a running club this fall with members of the community and asylum seekers. The club meets weekly and participants are educated on the rights of undocumented persons. The final week the group participates in a race together.
Get Involved
Get Involved
Throughout the year we partner with many other organizations around Brooklyn to love and serve our community. We sometimes refer to these initiatives as Good Neighbors Brooklyn. Please fill out the following form if you want to learn more, and we will be in touch soon!