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Brightest's collection of local NYC soup kitchen, shelter, and meal service volunteer opportunities for youth, groups, socially responsible companies, and individuals. This list includes soup kitchens in all five boroughs and major neighborhoods (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Harlem, and the Bronx) to help you feed the homeless and people in need in your local community.

Issues and Themes
Crisis Support
Food & Hunger
Homeless & Housing
Poverty & Low-Income

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Help Feed Hungry & Homeless LES Residents

Bowery Mission

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One of New York City’s oldest homeless services organizations, The Bowery Mission has served homeless, hurting, and hungry New Yorkers si…

227 Bowery St., New York, NY, 10002, United States
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Food Rescue Volunteer (NYC)

Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (New York)

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2 billion people could be fed yearly with the amount of food America throws away each year – enough to end food hunger in the world. Be a…

25 Broadway, New York, NY, 10004, United States
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Volunteer and Serve Meals to Homeless New Yorkers in Need

Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen (NYC)

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Volunteer and make a difference in the lives of New York's hungry and homeless at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. We welcome individual, grou…

296 9th Ave, New York, NY, 10001
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Volunteer at Masbia Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry (Flatbush Brooklyn)

Masbia Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry

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Volunteers at our Flatbush central kitchen help prepare food by performing tasks such as peeling potatoes and chopping vegetables. Additi…

1372 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11230
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Volunteer at Masbia Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry (Queens)

Masbia Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry

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Volunteers typically assist in serving dinner, performing inventory for our food pantry, bagging pantry items up, and any other miscellan…

105-47 64th Road, Forest Hills, NY, 11375
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Volunteer at Masbia Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry (Boro Park Brooklyn)

Masbia Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry

Flexible times

Volunteers typically assist in serving dinner, performing inventory for our food pantry, bagging pantry items up, and any other miscellan…

5402 New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11219
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Volunteer to Serve Meals at St. John's Bread and Life

St. John's Bread and Life

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Since 1982, St. John’s Bread & Life has worked to alleviate hunger and poverty in Brooklyn and Queens. We serve nearly 3,000 meals to hun…

795 Lexington Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11221
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Be Part of the Solution - Volunteer in Our Community Dining Room

Part of the Solution (POTS) of the Bronx

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POTS is a ‘one-stop shop’ community kitchen, food pantry, and shelter in the Bronx offering a wide array of services designed to help low…

2759 Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10458
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