New York’s Staten Island. In a perfect world, the convergence of holiday drives ensures that soup kitchens and food banks are well stocked. But only for a short time.
Residents of the borough from all coastlines can utilize the list below. The preceding contacts are a helpful resource for a range of Staten Islanders, whether you are using the space for your family or volunteering (either with time or necessary goods).
205 Canal St., Stapleton is home to the borough’s major soup kitchen and pantry. Click here to read an article from Silive.com that offers useful suggestions on what to donate.
The neighbors of Randall Manor make annual contributions to a social action fund, which is used to buy food that is reheated and served on Christmas Day. (Pam Rogozin’s permission)Silvestri
The North Shore
Community Services Provided by Catholic Charities:
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Catholic Charities/Rusty Staub Mobile Food Pantry at CYO Center: 120 Anderson Ave., Port Richmond; 718-447-6330 open on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Catholic Charities/Rusty Staub Mobile Food Pantry at Immaculate Conception Church: 128 Targee St., Stapleton, open the 1st and 3rd Tuesday every month from 9 a.m. to 10 am.
Non-perishable food is available at All Saints Episcopal Church, located at 2329 Victory Blvd., Willowbrook, 718-698-1338, Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Project Hospitality’s African Refuge Center via Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry, located at 185 Park Hill Ave., Concord, is open Wednesdays from 12:45 to 1:15 p.m. During the week, donations can be dropped off in the lower lobby. Give 718-701-4055 a call to learn more.
The address of Richmond’s Bait-ul Jamaat House of Community is 192 Corson Avenue, New Brighton. Open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of every month. Call 347-289-7991 or send a text. Seniors 62 years of age and over, as well as families with physical disabilities or those who are confined to their homes, are eligible for the mobile food pantry program.
121 Grandview Avenue, Mariners Harbor is home to the CALM (Christ Abundant Life Ministry) Food Pantry. First, you must call 718-273-0372. Sunday and 1 pm, Wednesday at 8 pm, and Thursday at 6 pm are the hours.
Calvary Assembly of God: Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m., 4055 Richmond Ave., Bulls Head, 718-356-4555.
Located at 385 Jersey St., New Brighton, Carpenter House via Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry is open Mondays from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Give 718-273-2769 a call to learn more.
The food pantry run by Community Health Action of Staten Island (CHASI) is located at 2134 Richmond Terrace in Port Richmond. (Go to Sharpe Avenue on the S40 bus.) Meat, dairy products, fresh fruits, and vegetables are all considered foods. Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from noon to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. are the hours available for shopping. One half hour before to the distribution’s conclusion, doors close. Although it’s best to visit in person, 718-808-1840 is a number.
260 Port Richmond Ave., Port Richmond is home to El Centro del Inmigrante, which is open Tuesday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Stapleton, 718-447-0526, 309 St. Paul’s Ave. Every Saturday, the food pantry is open from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. In order to enter, visitors must provide evidence of need, such as a SNAP car, which provides families with monthly groceries from a range of options.
The gourmet-quality Trinity Lutheran soup kitchen dinner is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The entire dinner is made on-site that morning and served restaurant-style. No questions are asked, and everyone is welcome.
Open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the New Brighton Church of God in Christ is located at 386 Jersey St., New Brighton, 347-626-4526.
New Direction Services: 718-880-8773, 1027 Post Ave, Port Richmond. Make an appointment by calling.
42 Austin Pl., Tompkinsville, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church; 718-447-1503. It is open from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Bring identification. On the first Saturday of each month, new clients are admitted.
205 Canal St., Stapleton is the address for Project Hospitality. The pantry is open from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursdays. This address also hosts the Positive Living Dinner for clients with HIV on Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. Projecthospitality.org is the website, and 718-448-1544 is the main phone number.
51 Cottage Place, Port Richmond, 718-442-5007 is the address for Reach Out & Touch Ministries. Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. are the hours of operation.
Mariners Harbor, Rescue Ministries SI:2083 Richmond Terr. Tuesday from noon to 1:30 p.m. is the operating time.
Salvation Army: 718-442-2145, 1295 Forest Ave., Port Richmond. This is only available by appointment from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Donations of books, clothing, and furniture are welcome at 493 Mosel Ave., Grasmere, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Salvation Army: 718-448-8480; 15 Broad St., Stapleton. Only by appointment for area codes 10304, 10309, and 10312.
The St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, located at 347 Davis Ave., West Brighton, 718-442-1527, has a food pantry and is open on the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to noon.
Stapleton UAME Church is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 49 Tompkins Ave., Stapleton, 718-273-2857.
Staten Island Liberian Community:180 Park Hill Ave., Suite LC, Lobby G, Concord; 646-996-8736 with hours each Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.
Staten Island Seventh Day Adventist Church:80 Union Ave., Mariners Harbor, 718-442-4806 with hours on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The United Church of Praise International Ministries is located at 32 Sands St., Stapleton, and is open Friday and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. (718-314-8779, 646-229-4079).
Vanderbilt Avenue Moravian Church:285 Vanderbilt Ave., Stapleton. Every second and fourth Thursday, from 12:30 to 1 p.m., Moveable Feast stops by.
Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry, 779 Henderson Ave., West Brighton, 347-858-3627, Shiloh AME Zion Church. Food distribution is on the first Sunday of each month from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. with fresh fruits and produce.
Mariners Harbor Housesvia Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry:At Grandview Ave. and Brabant with hours from Friday from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month.
On the fourth Sunday of every month, from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., St. Michael’s & St. Clement’s Church via Project Hospitality’s Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry is located at 207 Harbor Road, Mariners Harbor.
981 Castleton Ave., West Brighton is the address of Sacred Heart R.C. Church. The Holy Name Society runs the pantry one Saturday a month outside the church. For additional details, give 917-756-2715.
53 St. Mark’s Pl., St. George is the address of the St. Peter’s-St. Paul-Assumption Food Pantry. The rectory’s number is 718-727-2672. The pantry is open Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m., except on any fifth Friday of the month. For donations pleasetextNancy Hally at 718-354-0788 to coordinate drop-offs and volunteer requests.
*** Please note that Faith United Methodist Church at 221 Heberton Ave., Port Richmond, is no longer a food pantry.
Food for families through the holiday included meatballs, lasagna, rice with beans and vegetables and roasted, barbecued chicken. (Courtesy of Pam Rozogin)Silvestri
EAST SHORE
Christian Pentecostal Church:900 Richmond Rd., Concord, 718-273-5850. with Tuesday hours from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Lines can be long.
Dongan Hills Head Start: 44 Dongan Hills Ave., Dongan Hills, on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 9:30 a.m. to 11 am.
Holy Rosary Church:80 Jerome Ave., South Beach, 718-727-3360 with hours from Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 2:30 p.m. for 10305 residents only.
Staten Island University Hospital North:475 Seaview Ave., Ocean Breeze every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
South Beach Houses via Project Hospitality Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry:155 Norway Ave., South Beach with hours from on the 1st and 3rd Fridays from 1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Cedar Grove Ave. and Topping St. Moveable Feast Mobile Food Pantry: New Dorp Beach every 1st and 3rd Friday from 11:30 a.m. t0 noon.
Mobile Food Pantry at Midland Beach: 511 Midland Ave. every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Muslim American Society of Brooklyn and Staten Island Inc.: 180 Burgher Ave., Dongan Hills. This pantry includes halal food
Salvation Army:15 Broad St., Stapleton, 718-448-8480. By appointment only for pickups and drop-offs. Clothing, furniture and book donations are accepted at 493 Mosel Ave., Grasmere from Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
On Christmas morning each year at 9:30 a.m. the crew at Temple Israel collects in the building’s kitchen to donate cookies purchased at local bakeries. Courtesy of Pam Rozogin)Silvestri
SOUTH AND WEST SHORE
South Shore Food Pantry:Find this pantry at 48 Chisholm St., a partner with various restaurants and bakeries on the 1st Tuesday and 3rd Saturday of each month.
The open air space can be found directly behind the Tottenville High School football field. Its distribution happens rain or shine. For donations, the contact info [email protected] go toSouthShoreCFP.com. Its coordinator Joe Preach can be reached by text or call at 347-352-1447.
Bethel Methodist Church Mobile Food Pantry:7033 Amboy Rd., Tottenville on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. The church number is 718-984-1277.
St. Paul s United Methodist Church:7558 Amboy Rd., Tottenville, 718-227-2485 with hours on Saturday to make appointments for pickup the following week.
Oakwood Heights Community Church: 345 Guyon Ave., Oakwood; 718-351-3667,Myohcc.orgwith hours from 10 a.m. to noon on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month.
* St. Edward Food Pantry:6581 Hylan Blvd., Princes Bay, 718-984-1625. Margaret Moschetto is the director and takes food and gift card donations on Tuesdays and Thursdays no clothing, please. Hours of service to the public are Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. They are not open on the fifth Wednesday of each month.
Tottenville Mobile Food Pantry:At Yetman Ave. between Summit St. and Academy Ave., every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. For more information call the main number at 718-815-0800.
Young ones decorate holiday cookies. (Courtesy of Pam Rozogin)Silvestri
MID-ISLAND
Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island:1466 Manor Rd., Seaview, 718-475-5228. The JCC operates a Digital Kosher Food Pantry, with online ordering. Clients can shop for their food online, similar to grocery pickup services like Instacart, and then pick it up confidentially at the JCC. For first time appointments, please contact Paloma Wasserstein at 718-475-5228 [email protected]. There are numerous feeding programs offered to seniors as well. For more information, visitSijcc.org/foodpantry.html
On Christmas morning each year at 9:30 a.m. the crew at Temple Israel meet to pack up food for needy neighbors. (Courtesy of Pam Rozogin)Silvestri
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION:
For the halal food pantry program, theCouncil of People s Organization (COPO)operates a client choice Food Pantry that distributes over 360,000 pounds of food per year to low-income households throughout NYC including Staten Island. For more information go toCopo.org/emergency-food, [email protected] call718-434-3266.
The Moveable Feast Food Pantryisrun by Project Hospitality which can be reached at their main number, 718-448-1544.
Meals on Wheels of Staten Islandoffers prepared meals for homebound seniors and based at 304 Port Richmond Ave., Port Richmond, 718-727-4435.
Food Bank for New Yorkis a food distributing hub that includes a program locator,Foodbanknyc.org.
Pamela Silvestri is Advance/SILive.com food editor. She can be reached [email protected]. If you have images from a food pantry at which you donate, feel free to send them along with a few details of the work fellow Staten Islanders are doing in the community.
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