Coronavirus News: NYC-based Brotherhood/Sister Sol provides food, laptops

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- For 25 years, the Harlem-based Brotherhood/Sister Sol has been providing support in various ways to young people from ages 8 to 22.[br /][br /]"In normal times, we provide 12,000 meals a year to our young people," founder Khary Lazarre-White said. "In normal times, we provide laptops as they go off to college, scholarships."[br /][Ads /][br /]But these are hardly normal times, so Lazarre-White says most of their support has moved online, including tutoring and mental health. They've given out more laptops, even hot spots for those without internet, to foster a sense of community.[br /][br /]"We know this COVID pandemic is having disproportionate effect on black and brown communities and economically distressed communities," Lazarre-White said. "So the need to help young people navigate that is a very deep need."[br /][br /]And many of the members and their families are struggling with food insecurities because of parents who've lost jobs. The organization, Bro/Sis for short, has responded.[br /][br /]"The organization is raising money and doing adjustments to our budget to ensure we have the resources in cash to purchase large amounts of food from a wholesaler to then distribute that food," Lazarre-White said.[br /][br /]The students have helped unload, organize, and hand out that food, and some even goes to the greater community.[br /][br /]"For our young people to come to us and say this is a time we need food because of food insecurity, is just a continuation of the relationship," Lazarre-White said. "Because of the depth of the relationship the organization establishes."[br /][br /]It is a relationship that helps nourish, inspire and protect the next generation.[br /][br /]For more information, visit [url HREF="https://brotherhood-sistersol.org/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"]Brotherhood-SisterSol.org/[/url].[br /][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/coronavirus/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""][h3]MORE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 COVERAGE[/h3][/url][br /][Ads /][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/feature/health/covid-19-help-information-and-resources/6118594/" TARGET="" REL=""][b]COVID-19 Help, Information and Resources[/b][/url][br /][br /][b]UPDATES [/b][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/grieving-the-lost-tri-state-residents-who-died-of-covid-19/6095564/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Grieving the lost: Tri-State residents who have died[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/33-confirmed-covid-19-cases-in-ny;-4000-people-under-quarantine/5989875/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]New York state[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/live-nj-officials-give-coronavirus-update-/5990838/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]New Jersey[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/ct-hospital-employee-who-is-ny-state-resident-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/5991616/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Connecticut [/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/li-coronavirus-cases-surge-past-600-including-police-officer/6021346/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Long Island[/url][br /][br /][iframe SRC="https://dig.abclocal.go.com/wabc/interactives/nyc-covid-map-zip-code/index.html" HEIGHTSMALL="700" HEIGHTMEDIUM="700" HEIGHTLARGE="700" /][br /][Ads /][br /]][br /][b]RELATED INFORMATION[/b][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/community-events/click-here-to-share-your-stay-home-stories-viewers-share-their-coping-tips-with-abc7ny/6065819/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Share your coronavirus story with Eyewitness News[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7.com/health/coronavirus-stimulus-check-scams-other-covid-19-hoaxes/6055638/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Stimulus check scams and other coronavirus hoaxes[/url][br /][url HREF="https://abc7ny.com/health/coronavirus-are-your-hands-clean-a-black-light-experiment/6004151/" TARGET="_blank" REL=""]Coronavirus prevention: how clean are your hands?[/url][br /][url HREF="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"]Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on coronavirus[/url][br /][url HREF="https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/imm/covid-19-cases-by-zip.pdf" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow"]Total count of NYC COVID-19 cases based on patient address[/url][br /][br /][iframe SRC="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/85320e2ea5424dfaaa75ae62e5c06e61" HEIGHTSMALL="720" HEIGHTMEDIUM="720" HEIGHTLARGE="720" /]