Don’t Forget the Streets

A volunteer-run harm reduction outreach project in New York City. Every week we bring safer use supplies, food, water and hygiene items to people on the street, no strings attached.

Want to help? Volunteer with us · Donate · Send supplies

Locations

We currently do outreach:

• Lower East Side (chinatown to tompkins square park), Thursday evenings

A list of supplies we distribute (this list can vary):

• Safe Injection Kits
• Safer Smoking kits (stem & bulb type)
• Safer Sniffing kits
• Fentanyl test strips
• Xylazine test strips
• Abscess Kits
• Food
• bottled water
• sunscreen
• nail clippers
• headlamps
• Various snacks
• hygiene kits (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, razors, lotion etc..)
• Socks & Underwear
• Sewing Kit
• Wet Ones Antibacterial Hand Wipes

Winter distro supplies:

• Hats
• Wool Socks
• Gloves
• HotHands hand warmers

Please consider purchasing something off of our Amazon wishlist 🙏, this helps us stay stocked up for distro

We also distribute supplies through PDSE

Tabling / Trainings

• We can do Narcan trainings
• We can table your event (distributing supplies and educational materials)

Volunteer / Contact

Volunteers make this work. You don’t need experience, and we’ll show you the ropes.

Join our Discord server to say hi, see when the next outreach is, and pick up a shift.

We’re also looking for help to:

• expand our routes
• come up with fundraising ideas

Prefer email? Send us a message

Donate

We are always in need of donations! Our finances are fully public on Open Collective, so you can see every dollar in and out. Donations buy things like hygiene supplies, socks, alcohol pads for safer injection kits, and sandwich supplies for outreach nights.

A monthly donation, even $5, helps us plan ahead and keep supplies stocked.

Merchandise

Every purchase supports our outreach. Take a look at our shop.