MERCY SOUP KITCHEN SEEKING VOLUNTEERS “For I was hungry and you gave me food…” Matthew 25:35 It is an exciting time at the Mercy Soup Kitchen of Wyandanch as it is preparing to launch its new and expanded post Covid operation. Located in the basement of Trinity Lutheran Church at 17 South 20th Street, the…
Friends, The Mercy Soup Kitchen needs your support. Inflation has taken a toll on our operation by increasing our expenses and significantly reducing the donations we normally receive from individuals and organizations. Even churches and temples that were reliable annual contributors were not able to help us in 2022. The Knights of Columbus is running…
Dear Sage, It has been a pleasure getting to know you and working with you over this past year. We were trying to keep our volunteer staff to a minimum to facilitate social distancing in the soup kitchen, so we asked some of our volunteers to work from home to make the hundreds of sandwiches…
Friends, We are open for take out only. In order to keep everyone as safe as possible we are operating with half our regular volunteer staff. Guests are not permitted in the building but are served outside at the door across a table. We sanitize all prep and serving tables and equipment before, frequently during,…
Thank you Aidan, Logan, and Milania of Lindenhurst for raising 85 dollars at your hot chocolate stand, for the Mercy Soup Kitchen in Wyandanch. You guys are amazing and old goats like me feel a lot more comfortable knowing you guys are the future of this country. Thanks mom, Stephanie Peña for letting them do…
From left to right: The “Mercy Soup Kitchen” representatives receiving a $2,500 grant are Ada – Tuesdays daily coordinator, Vito – President, and Dennis – Vice president. The members of “The Charlotte Cheatham Hunger Relief Fund” presenting the grant on behalf of Edward Cheatham are Isabel and Marci. Although he couldn’t make it that day Edward…
On Tuesday we had an abundance of avocados and bread donated to us so: Ada made guacamole and George made pizza bread. Susan tosses Mondays salad, Loraine puts the finishing touches on Tuesdays fresh green salad, and Nancy makes Thursdays tuna salad. Each day our creative volunteers use as much of the donated produce that they can…
Collecting the food at the Temple then sorting at it the Soup Kitchen. Once again the Temple Beth Torah supports the Mercy Soup Kitchen with their annual Yom Kippur Food drive. The rain didn’t deter the teens from collecting the food donated by the congregation and storing it in the trailer provided by one…
We are excited to announce the launch of our new website! Please take a look around or get involved! Thanks!
