In the News

 

• More than 400 volunteers headed to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Sunday to take part in the St. John's Bread and Life's "Sponsor a Family" program.
• Anthony Butler Web Broadcast Sponsor a Family
• Anthony Butler Shares how Bread and Life Helps Feed Thousands of Hungry New Yorkers in Need.
  
• Bread and Life Receives 4 Star Rating from Charity Navigator. Sound fiscal management cited. Click here to read the article.
• New York City's poverty rate rose to alarming 20.1% in 2010, latest Census Bureau figures show
  
• St. John’s Bread & Life to Host National  Food Day Open House Chef Event.
  As part of National Food Day, St. John’s Bread and Life, Brooklyn’s innovative and life-saving food service program based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is inviting Brooklyn chefs and purveyors to learn about how the organization is marrying the procurement of old-fashioned, locally grown organic produce with the latest technology to deliver healthy, cost-effective meals to those in need.
  
  Please RSVP Susie at 718-574-0058 ext: 249 or saguilar@breadandlife.org
  

 

• Daily News Aug 1 2011
  St. John's Bread & Life, located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, is an exceptional witness to that sad reality. The largest emergency food provider in Brooklyn, over the last year it has seen the demand for food go up by a whopping 30%, especially among young families and children. It serves 1,800 to 2,000 meals a day and served almost half a million meals last year.

• Digital Food Pantry
  ABC
  Channel 12
• St. John's Bread and Life Wins Architecture Award
  Rogers Marvel Architects won a American Institute of Architecture award for their work on Bread and Life
• Can do Awards to Honor St. John's Bread and Life
  Food Bank For New York City's biggest fundraising event of the year, the Can-Do Awards Dinner honors our partners in the fight to end hunger throughout the five boroughs.
  
  The 2010 Can-Do gala honored Emeril Lagasse, Bank of America, Wakefern/ShopRite and St. John's Bread and Life, a member of our food assistance network. Can-Do is presented by emcee Stanley Tucci, co-chair Mario Batali and Susan Cahn and honorary dinner chair Michael Stipe. Please join us in acknowledging our Supporters and Benefit Committee.
• Presidents Medal Awarded to Mobile Soup Kitchen Director
  January 26th, 2006 St.
  John's University
  
  Mobile Soup Kitchen Director, Sr. Madeline Kavanagh DC, receives the St. John's University President's Medal.
  
  St. John's Bread and Life is proud to announce that the Director of our Mobile Soup Kitchen, Sr. Madeline Kavanagh DC, is the 2006 recipient of the prestigious St. John's University President's Medal. This honor is given to an "individual who has rendered outstanding service to the University or to society." St. John's University, founded by the Vincentians, always has striven to bring forth and recognize those who embody the values of St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Vincentian Communities. We are proud and honored to be able to celebrate one of our own here at Bread and Life who has, throughout her life, responded to that dictate of St. Vincent:
  
  It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else... Charity is certainly greater than any rule.
  
  Congratulations again to Sr. Madeline. Please click on the following link for more about this wonderful event.