Helping Hands Food Pantry
The Helping Hands Food Pantry is the only youth-run, adult-facilitated food relief program in NYC. Housed in the Holy Trinity Church (20 Cummings Street, New York, NY), HHFB is open every second and fourth Friday of the month, from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.FYI participants have helped more than 5,000 families stock their cupboards with at least 3-4 meals every two weeks.
On average the food pantry serves between 150 - 200 families a month. FYI staff had trained two teams of Food Pantry Managers. These 5 member youth teams ran all aspects of the pantry operations - unloading deliveries, maintaining the shelves, supervising younger volunteers, and deciding on the menu. On the days where we give out the bags the Food Pantry Managers print out the database, supervise the check-in process and make sure each bag has the right items. The first team helped convince New York Presbyterian Medical Center (our neighborhood's largest employer) to organize a work-based place food drive in November and December.
Food Pantry Statistics
| (2010-2011) Food Pantry Statistics: | ||
| Total number of children served | 2,760 | |
| Total number of adults served | 2,456 | |
| Total number of seniors served | 1,758 | |
| Total number of pounds of food distributed | Over 35,000 lbs | |
| Total value of the canned goods distributed | 54,195 | |
| Total number of bags of canned food distributed | 3,613 | |
