Contact:
Lynn Goswick, Trinity Wall Street
212-602-9635,
Barbara Dimajo, LAK Public Relations
212-575-4545,
For Immediate Release
TRINITY WALL STREET EXPANDS BROWN BAG LUNCH MINISTRY
TO SIX DAYS A WEEK
New York, NY (June 17, 2015) – Trinity Wall Street will soon expand its Brown Bag Lunch Ministry to six days a week. The program, which currently provides about 1,500 free meals each month to New Yorkers in need, operates on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Starting on June 19, it will expand to include Friday and Saturday distribution at St. Paul’s Chapel and approximately 2,000 meals per month.
Fifteen percent of people in Manhattan are “food insecure,” meaning they do not have access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life, according to the Food Bank of New York City.
“Hunger may not be readily apparenthere in Lower Manhattan but in fact, many of our neighbors are ‘food insecure' and in desperate need of access to affordable food. By adding another two days to the Brown Bag Lunch Ministry, we will help ease the burden of hundreds of people in need of sustenance,” said the Rev. Dr. William Lupfer.
The program relies on volunteers from the community to pack lunch bags with non-perishable food on Sundays and then distribute them during the week at Trinity Churchyard (Broadway and Wall Street). Lunches to be distributed from St. Paul’s Chapel will be packed at the chapel on Friday mornings. To volunteer, please contact Mandy Culbreath .
About Trinity Wall Street
Chartered in 1697, Trinity Wall Street is an Episcopal parish offering daily worship services and faith formation programs at Trinity Church, St. Paul’s Chapel, and online at trinitywallstreet.org. Trinity Wall Street includes Trinity Grants, providing more than $80 million in funding to mission partners in 85 countries since 1972; St. Margaret’s House, providing subsidized housing to the elderly and disabled since 1982; Trinity Preschool; Trinity Institute, an annual theological conference; an extensive arts program presenting more than 100 concerts each year through series such as Concerts at One, and performances by the Grammy-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Trinity Youth Chorus. Trinity Real Estate manages the parish’s six million square feet of commercial real estate in lower Manhattan, providing funding for the parish’s local and global mission outreach. For more information, visit trinitywallstreet.org.
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