Hope, Help, & Healing
How to Access Food
How to Get Food During the PAUSE on NYC
- Visit hungryonstatenisland.com for an up-to-date list of the food pantries still operating on Staten Island. Or, https://www.hungerfreeamerica.org/neighborhood-guides-food-assistance for a city-wide list.
- If you cannot leave your home but can afford to purchase food, visit invisiblehandsdeliver.com to request a volunteer to drop off groceries at your entrance.
- If you cannot leave your home and cannot afford to purchase food, visit nyc.gov/getfood or call 311 to have two days of meals delivered to your home.
- All New Yorkers can get three ‘grab and go’ meals a day Mon-Fri 7:30am-1:30pm at locations across the city. Meal hubs operate for children and families from 7:30am-11:30am and for adults from 11:30am-1:30pm. Visit schools.nyc.gov/freemeals to find locations near you.
- Seniors can apply for home-delivered meals by calling the Department for the Aging at 212-244-6469 or 311.
American Bible Society
Our world is experiencing the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The effects of quarantine, illness, mass anxiety, and social isolation can also cause trauma. But God’s Word brings healing and hope. Below are several resources that might sustain and encourage you in this season of uncertainty.
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