Since 2014, our friends at Investors Bank have been committed to fighting hunger in New York through their support of Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. Investors Bank has been a dedicated partner to us over the years through bringing volunteer groups to the Soup Kitchen for...
This summer, our team surveyed our Soup Kitchen and Pantry guests to better understand who visits us and how Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen can serve our community. Through interviews with our guests, we gained a deeper understanding of the needs and the background of...
On Sunday, September 12, members of our community visited Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen for the first in-person meal service since March 2020 and the first Sunday Supper event since February 2020. We were thrilled to gather together again and share a meal with our...
When our culinary team sits down to plan out the meals they’ll serve, they have to ask a lot of questions: What ingredients were donated this week? How can we stretch our budget to purchase additional items to create a well-rounded meal? And, most important, how...
Before COVID-19 temporarily suspended our in-person meal service, Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen hosted a monthly Sunday Supper: an opportunity for those in our neighborhood to come together, bridging generations and building community over a...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our team at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen has prioritized the safety of our neighbors, guests, volunteers, and staff members. Like so many of you, we’ve had to make difficult decisions to protect the most vulnerable among us. ...
This week, members of our team at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen sat down with a group of advocates and a representative from Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s office to discuss the extreme increase in need for food assistance that our agencies have seen over the past 18...
On July 8, friend of the Soup Kitchen Chef George Duran, in collaboration with the US Highbush Blueberry Council, attempted to build the tallest stack of blueberry pancakes on Good Morning America. They may not have won the world record, but thanks to...
This May, we launched our inaugural Virtual Food Drive to raise money for our meal programs over the summer months, when donations tend to slow down but the need for food is continuously present at the Soup Kitchen. We partnered with our friends at Google to match all...
Since the COVID-19 vaccines became accessible to the general public in New York City earlier this year, we at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen have been working with several community partners to provide our guests, volunteers, staff members, and community members with...