https://ascensionchurchnycfoodpantry.com/home daily 1.0 2026-06-09 https://ascensionchurchnycfoodpantry.com/articles-news daily 0.75 2026-07-01 https://ascensionchurchnycfoodpantry.com/photos-history daily 0.75 2026-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/c8afc652-9bdf-4c04-99c6-e2eadd7a50dc/F1.jpg Photos & History Pantry volunteers are often as young as six, and all of them are given jobs to help around the pantry. Voluntarios de tan solo seis años ayudan con tareas asignadas en la despensa de alimentos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/f40e55a5-ef45-4981-aa02-fb644e10814e/F2.jpg Photos & History A volunteer gives out candy at a Thanksgiving distribution. Un voluntario reparte dulces durante una distribución de alimentos de Acción de Gracias. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/41a643bf-9d95-4a2b-9e77-b5432710e315/F3.jpg Photos & History Despite being run out of a Catholic Church, the pantry has volunteers from Mormons at the Church of Latter-Day Saints, Muslim volunteers of New York, and Jewish volunteers from a nearby synagogue. A pesar de estar en una iglesia católica, la despensa reúne a voluntarios de distintas religiones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/581ad614-f494-4885-947e-e363ca56a139/F4.jpg Photos & History Pictured on the right is Robin, the director of the pantry, during a joint distribution with the NYPD. A la derecha, Robin, directora de la despensa, durante una distribución con el NYPD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/d9d47c21-4a7a-4105-a31e-28c4466c0877/F5.jpg Photos & History A volunteer help clients register their information with the pantry. Clients' information was registered on custom index cards to keep track of pantry distribution. Un voluntario ayuda a los clientes a registrar su información en el banco de alimentos. Hasta hace poco, la información de los clientes se registraba en tarjetas de archivo personalizadas, que el personal del banco de alimentos organizaba alfabéticamente para futuras distribuciones. Un voluntario ayuda a los clientes a registrarse en la despensa de alimentos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/33764927-af84-40a7-b5f1-360147792026/F6.jpg Photos & History During the pandemic, the pantry began conducting deliveries to high risk clients. Volunteers carry personally packed boxes with food out of the church basement and either carry the bags on foot to nearby apartment buildings or drive with their families for food. Durante la pandemia, voluntarios entregaban alimentos a clientes de alto riesgo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/7499547c-6aed-4d55-a07f-b51f974a7a45/F7.jpg Photos & History The food pantry gets $1,000 dollars donated in potatoes alone in a year, out of $400,000 dollars of donations in the form of food. El banco de alimentos recibe unas $1,000 en donaciones de papas al año, como parte de $400,000 en alimentos donados. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/0ed4d5c5-8128-4ca2-8119-eb1190edc5ba/F8.jpg Photos & History The pantry consistently works to provide more produce to the pantry's clients, whether that be strawberries, bananas, apples, fresh greens or carrots. "We're trying to do a second distribution every month which would be fresh produce. You know how there are food markets on Sundays. At the end of the day on Sunday, when the stands are packing up, maybe they can give us a couple of bushels of this or that," Robin told me. La despensa busca ofrecer más productos frescos a sus clientes, como frutas y verduras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/96d1b3a2-c515-4c0a-8ced-5e3d949b379f/FP.jpg Photos & History Teenagers and adults from all over Manhattan come together to set up the pantry together. Adolescentes y adultos de todo Manhattan se reúnen para preparar juntos el banco de alimentos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69cabb3b9cdf991a8abdb0ce/d9a53444-a75f-48f0-a540-feae1428fe41/FP1.jpg Photos & History Teen volunteers come to Ascension on Friday nights to set up for the following day. 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