With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, and His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, the Synodal Youth Department of ROCOR is operating a food drive in the parishes of the New York City Deanery of the Eastern American Diocese together with parishes of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA.
The following donations are welcome: canned goods, fruit and vegetable conserves, canned soup, juice, rice, pasta, jam, peanut butter, cookies and crackers, dry cereal, powdered milk, sugar, flour, tea, and coffee.
Parishes of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA outside of the New York Metro-Area are encouraged to carry out similar drives to help the needy.