Standing with Childhelp.
ZenZest is proud to partner with Childhelp — a national nonprofit dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused, neglected, and at-risk children. Every neighbor who walks through our doors helps make that work possible.
Free, confidential, and staffed 24/7 by professional counselors. Available in 170+ languages. If a child is in immediate danger, call 911 first.
- — Children experiencing or witnessing abuse
- — Parents seeking guidance or resources
- — Neighbors and family worried about a child
- — Survivors of childhood abuse, any age
Every month, 3rd week, Monday – Saturday. Currently hosted at ZenZest Queens — 272-06 Union Tpke. Walk in any time during the window to drop off a backpack, supplies, or a gift card. Bins are at the front desk during all open hours.
For every child, the chance to be a child.
Founded in 1959, Childhelp is one of the oldest and largest nonprofits in the United States focused on the prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse. Their work meets the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of children who have been hurt — and works upstream to make sure fewer ever are.
Their residential treatment villages, foster care and adoption services, advocacy centers, group homes, therapeutic schools, and prevention programs reach children in nearly every U.S. state. The 24/7 National Child Abuse Hotline alone has answered more than 11 million calls.
For us at ZenZest, the partnership is personal. We're a family-owned New York business. The same neighborhoods we serve are home to kids Childhelp protects every day — and we'd rather build that ecosystem with our neighbors than around them.
All donations to Childhelp are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Childhelp, Inc. — a public charity transparently filing IRS Form 990 each fiscal year.
Every Childhelp drive hosted at our ZenZest Queens store is covered under our commercial general liability and Childhelp's national event policy.
In trusted company.
Childhelp is backed by some of the most recognizable companies in America — from Johnson & Johnson and Google to In-N-Out Burger and Tito's Handmade Vodka. ZenZest is proud to join that ecosystem as a New York-local supporter, hosting monthly community drives out of our Queens store. Want your business to join the next ZenZest drive? Email our team.
Logos shown are Childhelp's national corporate partners as published on childhelp.org/ways-to-give/corporate-partnerships. ZenZest is an independent New York-local supporter and is not affiliated with the companies above.
Backpack drives & events, on the calendar.
Childhelp drives don't sit in a back office — they happen at the front desk of our Queens store on Union Tpke, the 3rd week of every month, Monday through Saturday. (Staten Island joins soon.) Here's the simple shape of a drive, from the moment you walk in to the moment a kid opens their backpack.
Every month, the 3rd week (Monday through Saturday), our Queens store on Union Tpke turns its lobby into a Childhelp collection point. Drop-off bins sit at the front desk during all open hours — walk in any time during the window.
Customers and walk-in neighbors bring new backpacks, notebooks, hygiene kits, and gift cards. We provide the list of most-needed items at the door and online.
Childhelp picks up the donations and routes them through their residential, foster, and advocacy programs so they reach kids who need them — directly, fast, and dignified.
Common questions about the drive.
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Give a kid a softer landing.
Childhelp, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity. EIN 95-2884608.