Food for the Soul:
The Official Blog of Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
Guest Spotlight: Dmytro and Vladyslav
"We were stuck at the border for three days," Dmytro says simply. "It was so cold, and there was a shortage of food." Nineteen-year-old Dmytro, his younger brother Vladyslav, and their mother fled from Ukraine at the start of the war. In the crush of people seeking...
Guest Spotlight: Jose
The guests at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen are the reason we’re here. One of those guests, Jose, shared his experience about receiving support at Holy Apostles. Jose originally moved here at the age of seven. He remembers his first day in New York City, craning his head...
Support NYers Struggling with Food Insecurity this Summer
During the summer months, donations slow at food banks and soup kitchens across the country, all the while hundreds of thousands of families and individuals need food assistance and support, especially while schools are out, and electricity bills are higher. At Holy...
So Much More Than a Meal
Phoenix had never heard of Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen. He was just walking down the street when he saw a long line and asked what it was for. That was in November 2021. Like a lot of New Yorkers, 25-year-old Phoenix had recently lost his full time job due to COVID...
Social Services in Action
If you’ve been to the Soup Kitchen during our daily meal service in the last 2 years, you’ve seen a line of our guests waiting for a hot meal. You’ve probably also seen a slightly smaller line of guests waiting to meet with Jay Alfaro, our Social Services Manager. ...
Celebrating Our Volunteers
April is a month dedicated to Volunteer Appreciation. While we celebrate our volunteers every day here at Holy Apostles, this month is a time to show them a little extra gratitude. Last week, we celebrated our volunteers with a luncheon. Our dedicated group of...
Good Corporate Citizens
At Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry, it takes a village to provide food and services for our community. With the help of our amazing team of volunteers, Holy Apostles has never missed a single day of meal service, despite natural disasters, the COVID-19...
Volunteer Spotlight: Kathy
At Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry, volunteers are the backbone of all that we do. We recently sat down with one of our volunteers, Kathy, who first started volunteering with her husband when they first moved to the Chelsea neighborhood in 2016. When...
Good Corporate Citizen: Tapestry
At Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, it takes a village to prevent hunger in our community. Each week, hundreds of volunteers help provide meals to our neighbors by packing groceries for the families who visit our food pantry, handing out hot meals to soup kitchen guests,...
Writers Workshop: A Smile (Mouth)
Below is a piece from our Writers Workshop about the power of a smile and how it can transform a person. A Smile (Mouth) When you smile it means your heart has been touched, the feeling-gladness, sorrow, love. I was a bit dreary, sad, empty. Then I...
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