Food for the Soul:
The Official Blog of Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
Volunteer Spotlight: Centennial Properties
Last week, our partners at Centennial Properties joined us at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen for a Day of Service. Their generosity, of both time and resources, and their dedication to our mission, helped us to feed hundreds of New Yorkers struggling with hunger,...
Staff Spotlight: Nichole’s Story
I didn’t know at the time, but when I was a little girl, my mother Mary, often struggled to put food on the table for my sister and me. You see, she grew up in poverty in rural Texas. For reasons I’ll never know, her parents removed her from school after she finished...
Spotlight on Google.org: Our Virtual Food Drive Match Donor
Since 2015, our neighbors at Google.org have been committed to ending food insecurity in New York City through their support of the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. When Google moved to Chelsea, they joined forces with us to learn about the food landscape in the local...
Company Volunteer Group Opportunities are BACK!
Here at the Soup Kitchen, we always say it is our volunteers who make our work possible. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, we would see hundreds of volunteers each week who would help pack pantry bags, hand out meals, and provide a welcoming environment for our guests....
Volunteer Spotlight: Marriott
Our friends at Marriott recently joined us at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen for a Day of Service. Their generosity of time and dedication to our mission supports hundreds of New Yorkers struggling with hunger, homelessness, and other forms of hardship. Marriott employees...
Guest Spotlight: Daniel
The past year has been challenging for all our guests at the Soup Kitchen, especially those that are unhoused. We recently sat down with Daniel, a senior citizen and long-time Soup Kitchen who lives on the streets. Our team asked Daniel how he...
COVID-19 Update from Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
As the largest soup kitchen in New York City, we are so grateful to our volunteers, supporters, and friends who have kept us open throughout this pandemic. We would not be able to serve our community without the dedication of our volunteers and supporters, and the...
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen’s Inaugural Virtual Food Drive
We’re all looking forward to rebuilding from the COVID-19 pandemic and doing the things we’ve all missed over the past 15 months. But as New York reopens and we look forward to recovery, our guests are still facing food insecurity and economic uncertainty and our...
Mother’s Day Bake Sale Recap: Connecting our Community
Last week, our Mother’s Day Bake Sale culminated with the distribution of cookies. Some of our supporters picked up their cookies from the Soup Kitchen, while others took advantage of our service through DoorDash and United Way of New York City and had their cookies...
Spotlight on our Meal Outreach Program
Last week, our team at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen joined Derrick, our Meal Outreach specialist, on one of his runs to deliver sandwiches to those in need. Derrick brings breakfast and lunch sandwiches to New Yorkers on the streets and in Penn Station every...
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