Voice of a Volunteer: Alex Alex started to volunteer on a weekly basis at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen in 2012,
“after I had lost everything all in one year: my mom, my apartment, my job.” While grieving his mother’s passing, and being forced to make severe cut-backs to...

Voice of a Volunteer: Sister Cecilia Palange We are celebrating the many years of volunteer service donated by Sister Cecilia Palange. Her dedication to bringing food for the soul to the noon day meal every Friday for 23 years will be very much missed as she moves on...

Voice of a Volunteer: Linda Having dedicated her life to helping others, Linda began volunteering at the soup kitchen in 2009. As a young woman, soon after her son was born, Linda trained to be a certified nursing assistant, caring for both newborns and the elderly....

Voice of  Volunteer: Bill After retiring from a full professional life as a massage therapist and vocational counselor, Bill knew that he wanted to stay busy and keep a sense of purpose in his life by volunteering. He learned about Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen at a...

Voice of a Volunteer: Maria Maria, who retired in January 2014, didn’t take a break from slicing bread on the bitterly cold February morning she spoke with us.  She was eager to get through her task so that everything would be ready for our guests as they started to...

Joyce Sturges oversees community relations for KPMG’s New York office, which means that she’s always on the lookout for new volunteer opportunities for KPMG’s staff. “One of our core values is giving back to our community. By having these volunteer opportunities,...

Voice of a Volunteer: Ricky Ricky was homeless when he first came to Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen for lunch as a guest.  “Drugs and drinking were taking a toll on me,” he says. “I was doing that because I was homeless. I had no hope. Everything was gone. When you’re...

Voice of a Volunteer: Renate Once a month, Renate holds up a sign in the back of the soup kitchen, reading “Meditation – Food for the Soul – Come & join us!” It's been over 10 years since she started a meditation class at the soup kitchen, two years after she...

Voice of a Volunteer: Nicholas When Nicholas first volunteered at the soup kitchen, he was in a dark place and came here to get back onto the right track. “I owned my own restaurant. We had a fire, and I went through a state of depression. A friend recommended that I...

Volunteers make it possible at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen.