A program of Community Environmental Center.

Questions about donating? Email us at donate@bignyc.org

ASTORIA CENTER
3-17 26th Ave. Queens, NY
718-777-0132
astoria@bignyc.org

GOWANUS CENTER
69 9th St. Brooklyn, NY
718-725-8925
gowanus@bignyc.org

Open Everyday!
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
& Sat-Sun 10am-5pm

 

In 2012 BIG!NYC:
* Diverted 1,200 tons of reuseable building materials from the landfill
* Donated over 57 tons of lumber to community & school gardens. That's 1,200 raised garden beds in NYC!
* Gave away $58,780 worth of materials to local organizations.

 

Forrest Gillespie - Donations Coordinator

Phone Extension: 
718-777-0132 x22
Email: 
forrest@bignyc.org
Background: 
Forrest is our Donations Coordinator and Event Planner, and has been with BIG!NYC since its inception. He initially helped unload trucks at our temporary warehouse and put together our first shelves in the dark & subzero conditions. He keeps our trucks moving and the great finds coming into the warehouse, and bears a striking resemblance to James Dean. From founding a theater in Chico, CA, to writing a film script in India to working Alaskan fishing canneries to delivering organic vegatables in Turkey to ghost writing autobiographical novels for famous to be left un-named politicians, Forrest has done pretty much everything. He's also been known to sporadically put on plays at Zebulon and various other local venues.
Working Since: 
10/2006