Interfaith Community
Services
Meal distribution & outreach
Free hot vegetarian meals, in Tompkins Square Park 📍
Southwest corner on Avenue A in New York city
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:30 a.m
About Us
Based in New York, Interfaith Community Services currently maintains a program of distributing hot, vegetarian meals to homeless people on the streets of the Lower East Side of Manhattan in Tompkins Square Park every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:30 a.m.
Although the external form of our work may vary - from literature distribution to feeding the homeless, the purpose of all our endeavors is to inspire others in their faith and in their loving service to God.
For the past 25 years, we have been maintaining the food distribution program without missing a single serve-out. We served through 911, the Blackout, hurricane Sandy, and COVID by God’s Grace.
We are operating under the promise that anyone who volunteers to help will naturally learn and grow. The concept of directly engaging in service to God is absolutely essential for spiritual character development.
Our Projects
If we look closer we see that this is a multilevel program.
We believe that activity in the service of God is natural and joyful
On the first level, we're addressing a basic, immediate need - feeding hungry people, distributing hot, vegetarian meals soulfully prepared by our volunteers.
We have the potential to work for the betterment of ourselves and others.
On another level, the meal distribution program, gives us opportunities to meet and refer people to other supportive services like shelters, drug and alcohol rehab, and medical care.
In loving service to God has a powerful, uplifting effect on our development as human beings.
On a third level, we're offering young people in this neighborhood opportunities to participate in community service by helping with the meal distribution.