Founded in 1972, Park Slope Christian Help, Inc. (CHIPS) is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to helping the poor, the needy, and the homeless as well as those in emergency situations. CHIPS serves approximately 65,000 meals annually and provides transitional housing to 9 mothers and their children in studio apartments located in its building at 200 4th Avenue. Located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, CHIPS is grateful to the many individuals, churches, businesses, foundations and neighborhood organizations who through their volunteer work, financial support and in-kind donations have helped make CHIPS what it is today.
CHIPS president, Sister Mary Maloney
with Francis Residence guest
Soup Kitchen Reopens for Thanksgiving!!!
Thousands of people need your help now...
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY
Park Slope Christian Help will hold its Annual Christmas Party on Friday, December 23rd beginning at 11:15 am. Our guests will enjoy Christmas Mass, a holiday meal, music and gifts. As always, we need the help of the Brooklyn
community in order to host a joyous event.
GIFTS: We need NEW gifts to hand out at the party. About 90% of our guests are men so we need NEW WINTER HATS, GLOVES, SOCKS AND SCARVES to wrap and distribute at the party. We can also use sweat shirts, sweat pants and thermal underwear (especially large sizes).
WRAPPING PAPER: We also need Christmas wrapping paper and scotch tape BUT ONLY if delivered before December 15th.
VOLUNTEERS: We need volunteers to wrap gifts in the weeks before the party. We also need volunteers on December 23rd
to assist at the party. If you wish to volunteer, please call (718) 237-2962 between 8 am and 2 pm. Please know that we appreciate all volunteers but we only have space for a certain number of people on the day of the party.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
FIRE RAVAGES SOUP KITCHEN AND
FAMILY SHELTER
On Friday, September 23rd, 2011 the smoke alarms went off at CHIPS at 200 4th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The dining room was filled with one hundred guests who were eating lunch at the beloved CHIPS Soup Kitchen...read more.
In 1972, a few concerned individuals opened a storefront soup kitchen for the poor. Any person who is hungry and in need is welcome. We serve indigent persons and those in temporary crisis. Read more...
Your donations in the form of food, clothing, volunteer work and/ or financial contributions can help turn around the lives of people in need. With your help, we at CHIPS will continue to provide meals for the hungry, clothing for the poor, and shelter for homeless mothers and their children. You can help!*
CHIPS MEANS SHELTER FOR HOMELESS MOTHERS AND THEIR NEWBORNS
The Frances Residency Program is a transitional home for nine prenatal and postnatal homeless women and their infants. The women can stay up to twelve months while they are working toward self-reliance and the acquisition of permanent housing. Read more...
CHIPS MEANS CLOTHES FOR THOSE IN NEED
FIRE!!! (Continued from above...)When the fire broke out, mothers and their babies were upstairs at the Francis Residence in their apartments. Luckily, everyone was quickly evacuated and there were no major injuries. A five-alarm fire had broken out at the auto supply store next door. Firefighters dragged hoses through the soup kitchen in order to gain access to the burning building. Thousands of gallons of water were poured on the blaze that raged on for hours. The facility received considerable water and smoke damage. The soup kitchen is no longer serving hot meals and the mothers and babies are in temporary shelter until the residency is reopened. CHIPS continues to feed the hungry by handing out bag lunches every day. It is unknown when the soup kitchen will be serving hot meals, or when mothers and babies will be able to return to their apartments. Please visit us again at www.chipsonine.org for updates.
