Voices of Our Community
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...
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...
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...
Our Partnership with Avenues: The World School
Our friends at Avenues: The World School are committed members of our community and in 2021, they were determined to find unique ways to give back. While their students are unable to volunteer in person due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they found a new way to...
Voices Newsletter – Spring 2021
In this April Newsletter, Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen shares stories about our expansion of two major programs: our "Hearty Start" meal outreach program and our new-and-improved pantry program. In the newsletter, you'll meet our Meal Outreach Specialist and one of our...
Reflecting on Recent Events & Support the AAPI Community
Last week in the wake of the mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia and the ongoing rise in violence and hatred against Asian Americans, Holy Apostles released the following statement: We stand in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI)...
Volunteer Spotlight: Avenues
The faculty, staff, and students at Avenues: The World School are committed supporters of Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. Katrina Rowe, one of their 6th-grade teachers, wrote this article about her experience volunteering at and working with the Soup Kitchen. Thank you...
Good Corporate Citizen: IAC
With below-freezing temperatures and snowstorms, the winter is a challenging time for many of our guests at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. They turn to us for a hot meal on these frigid days, and for protection from the cold. Thanks to our...
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Distributes 115 Backpacks to Students in Need
Most years, going back to school means picking out a new backpack, not a new face mask. Things are different this year – but as kids begin to get back to the classroom, their needs haven’t changed too much. Students still need pencils, notebooks, folders, and other...
Good Corporate Citizen Spotlight: Whole Foods Market
For the past seven years, Whole Foods Market and Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen have stood side-by-side in the quest for food justice in New York City. Like Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, Whole Foods Market seeks to challenge a status quo that prevents access to healthy,...
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