Heart of Dinner (www.heartofdinner.org) is a care package delivery service to isolated and homebound elders. Heart of Dinner started by serving Manhattan's Chinatown and surrounding areas and has since expanded to serve beneficiaries across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, with a focus on providing care and essential nourishment for those with low-to-no income. Heart of Dinner's efforts have been featured in Fortune and Glamour magazines.
Every week, Heart of Dinner delivers about 700 care packages, each paired with a handwritten note and decorated bag. These bags are essential to Heart of Dinner's mission, delivering both nutrition and warmth. Heart of Dinner relies on supporters like you to help us fulfill their weekly need of nearly 700 decorated bags.
FALA New York and New York Law School's APALSA will be co-hosting a "Day of Service" on April 2, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the law school. Lawyers and law students will come together to decorate bags and write notes for Heart of Dinner's beneficiaries. FALA New York will coordinate delivery of the bags at Heart of Dinner's drop-off locations. Join us for a day of service by RSVP'g here; upon RSVP'g, you will then be sent another form to fill out for NYLS's security entrance.
New York Law School's APALSA is led by their president, Elizabeth de Leon, a Pinay law student and soon-to-be lawyer. Ms. de Leon currently externs at the NYC Law Department and is in her third year of law school. During Elizabeth’s presidency, she and her board have been dedicated to promoting inclusivity within the AAPI community and leveraging their platform to raise awareness about issues affecting Asian Americans. This year, APALSA has had the privilege of collaborating with multiple organizations in the local Asian American legal community, strengthening connections between NYLS students and the broader legal field. Their efforts aim to create a lasting impact and foster meaningful engagement for the future generation of lawyers.
