Relational Care Through Food

Provides nourishing meals through the Stephen Delivers program, launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, to support first responders and vulnerable populations.

Awards annual scholarship grants to high school students pursuing careers in the culinary arts.

Organizes and hosts events such as an annual Golf Outing and scholarship dinners to support its programs and engage the community.

Runs a twice-monthly food distribution program at Post Road Elementary School in White Plains in partnership with El Centro Hispano, and operates The Stephen Michael Sules Food Distribution at El Centro Hispano to provide nourishment to individuals experiencing food insecurity.

Partners with community organizations and businesses to advance culinary education and promote family nutrition.

Offers community-wide prevention programs including QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) suicide prevention training to schools, businesses, and organizations, as well as awareness and coping resources on suicide and addiction.

Provides ongoing, structured support groups such as the "Connections" program and an 8-week support group in Sayville for individuals grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide or overdose. These groups offer a safe space for emotional recovery and peer support.

Supplies hot or warm meals to participants during support group sessions in the Connections Program, supporting their emotional and physical well-being during recovery from loss due to suicide or drug overdose.

Provides hot, nutritious meals—including salad, fruit, and sometimes dessert—to up to 100 people four times per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday evenings and Tuesday afternoon) at First Presbyterian Church in Port Jefferson Village and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Port Jefferson Station. Meals are also available as take-home servings.

Prepares and delivers lunches and dinners five days a week through a soup kitchen operation, serving 1,002,216 meals in 2024 to adults, elderly individuals, and children. Meals are prepared from rescued ingredients and distributed directly to individuals in need.

Operates food pantries that provide free groceries including canned goods, fresh produce, cooking ingredients, and prepared meals, offering a dignified shopping experience to individuals and families in need.

Runs a fleet of mobile food pantry trucks that make weekly scheduled stops to distribute fresh produce and pantry staples in a farmer's market-style format, primarily in Port Chester, offering a dignified shopping experience to clients.

Hosts an annual 5K and fun run event in downtown Port Chester featuring music, food, drinks, and family activities to engage the community and raise support for anti-hunger programs.

Collects surplus, healthy food from farms, grocery stores, restaurants, and commissaries and redistributes it to individuals and partner organizations. This includes providing groceries to 20,746 households (69,610 individuals) in 2020 and supporting bagged food distributions for partners like The Salvation Army and The Carver Center during the pandemic.

Researched existing community cafés across the United States and conducted on-site learning through volunteering in Denver, Colorado, to inform the design and implementation of its own pay-as-you-can community café model.

Provides daily lunch service in a café-style setting where guests may contribute monetarily, through time, or via in-kind donations, with no requirement to pay. The menu rotates weekly based on seasonal, fresh, and donated ingredients, and guests may select one item from each of three categories: entrees, sides, and desserts.