{"title": "Connie & Jessie Mae Food Pantry", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "St. Mary's Episcopal Church Harlem", "address": "West 126th Street 517, 10027", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/food-bank"], "description": "Connie & Jessie Mae Food Pantry is a food distribution event at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem. It is run by church members, neighborhood friends, and volunteers, who distribute food to families and individuals while preserving the dignity of everyone who comes. The pantry recently served 179 families and 535 individuals, including 106 children, 304 adults, and 125 older adults. Volunteers are welcome to help with distributing food and with set up and clean up, and can reach out to Rev. Mary by email.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/connie-jessie-mae-food-pantry-56132/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "St. Mary's Episcopal Church Harlem", "address": "West 126th Street 517, 10027", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Serving Our Neighbors", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Epiphany Church", "address": "Atlantic Avenue 960, 11238", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://epiphanybk.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3974299/reservations/new", "category": "worship", "tags": ["community/volunteering"], "description": "Serving Our Neighbors is a volunteer opportunity at Epiphany Church, with the November 7 date offering pantry service with CHiPS. 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Each Wednesday, participants pack food and share a teaching about tikkun olam.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/teens-food-pantry-packing-79456/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/64fdcb66ee63184970561c682a0b997d9adb75785031adc5188f7ba6c822e7f5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Place at the Table", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church", "address": "West 55th Street 7, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/housing/homelessness", "community/volunteering"], "description": "A Place at the Table is a weekly lunch service for homeless guests, held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Volunteers are invited to come help serve lunch, and anyone working in Midtown or visiting is welcome to join. 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The practice revives the tradition of shared sacred meals from the earliest days of the church, part of a growing dinner church movement in the United States. Gatherings are intimate, usually with 10 to 25 people, and visitors are welcome to simply show up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sundays-at-st-lydias-55616/", "official_url": "https://www.stlydias.org/dinner-church", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1535bf8741371a7a622702e29512c81933241def1d34a249289aaa8c03e2c131-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Build-a-Thanksgiving Bag", "start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:30:00-05:00", "place": "Marble Collegiate Church", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "occasion/thanksgiving"], "description": "Take time to give back by building 293 Thanksgiving Bags. 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The Food Day Fair follows with hands-on activities, educational booths from programs across the college, and light snacks.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/8th-annual-hunger-banquet-and-food-day-fair-79253/", "official_url": "https://www.laguardia.edu/event/8th-annual-hunger-banquet-and-food-day-fair/", "image": ""}]}