Health & Fitness
Brooklyn Museum Launches Coronavirus Food Distribution
Find out how to sign up for food giveaways at the Museum starting June 1.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Museum's doors may be closed to the public, but it hasn't withdrawn from its community amid the coronavirus crisis.
The museum starting June 1 will host food distributions to hungry Brooklynites from its biergarten, according to a release.
The food giveaway will be done in partnership with The Campaign Against Hunger, a Bed-Stuy food pantry that has stepped up as food uncertainty grew along with the outbreak.
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The pantry has provided nearly three million meals since March, according to The Campaign Against Hunger's website.
People can sign up for the food distribution at the Brooklyn Museum by emailing healthymeals@brooklynmuseum.org, a release states. The distribution will be June 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the museum's biergarten in its rear parking lot.
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