2024 Event Archive
Campus Food Pantry at Miami University in Ohio
Saturday, September 21 2024
Miami University Ohio
501 E High St, Oxford, OH 45056
Students packed 50 food bags and distributed them to commuter students on campus living in low-income housing. Thank you to student volunteers, and especially Levi Grimm, student leader for the Campus food pantry, for organizing the food pick up and volunteer team!
Food Bag Donation with Career Pathways Bridge Program (NYU)
New York Foundling Community Center
Thursday, October 17th 2024
126 W 126th St, New York, NY 10027
Sunshine Action partnered with the Career Pathways Bridge Program at New York University to support the New York Foundling Community Center in Harlem. Donation bags were distributed to homeless and low-income housing residents. Thank you to all of our volunteers for making this possible!
Food Bag Donation with Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
Friday, October 18th 2024
Church of St. Luke in the Fields
487 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014
We have continued our partnership with Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School for the second year! Sheltered, homeless, and low-income families benefited from the donation of 100 food bags at St. Luke in the Fields Church. Special thanks to Dean Chappell, who helped sponsor the event for the school and all of our volunteers!
Food Bag Packing and Distribution Event with The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
Friday, December 13th 2024
Harlem Randolph Housing Community
West 114th St, New York, NY 10026
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration have once again generously collected food items for the holiday season! In collaboration with Sunshine Action, the food items were donated to the Harlem Randolph Housing community.
Food Donation Event with the
University of Georgia: The Backpack Project Athens
Saturday, September 14th 2024
The Backpack Project Athens
Athens, GA
Sunshine Action supported the enormous efforts of the University of Georgia Students' Backpack Project in Athens, Georgia. They cooked a pasta meal with the food donations and distributed it to 60 homeless individuals. Thank you all for your amazing Saturday events for the needy in Athens!
Food Bag Donation at Advent Lutheran Church
Thursday, June 20th 2024
Advent Lutheran Church
2504 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
The Sunshine Action team provided 80 fortune bags with a multitude of non-perishable food items to the migrant families at the Advent Lutheran Church in Manhattan. The bags were distributed right after the service with Father Fabian, and the donations were graciously received. Thank you to all the interns and volunteers for making this happen!
Donation Event at B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue
B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue
Thursday, July 18th 2024
270W 89th St, New York, NY 10024
The Sunshine Action team distributed 25 fortune bags filled with various non-perishable food items to migrant moms and babies at the B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue immediately after the service with the B'nai Jeshurun Synagogue sector. The donations were warmly received, and some second-hand baby toys and clothes were also distributed. A heartfelt thank you to all the interns and volunteers who made this possible!
Pop-up Pantry with the International Assembly for the Homelessness and Housing
Thursday, July 25th 2024
In front of St Francis De Assisi Church
135 W. 31st Street New York, NY 10001
This is our fourth street pop-up event collaboration between Sunshine Action and Interfaith Assembly For Homelessness and Housing, led by Marc Greenberg. Thank you to Marc and all of those volunteers involved in helping create this event! Migrant families and those on the street without shelter benefited from bags of nonperishable food, cold drinks and clothing.
Food Bag Packing and Distribution Event with New York University
Tuesday, August 13th 2024
The Riverside Church
490 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10027
Sunshine Action and NYU collaborated to pack food bags on campus and later distribute them at The Riverside Church!
Special thanks to Allyson Margolis, the director of the Workplace Learning Innovation Lab Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies, School of Professional Studies, SPS, at New York University in creating the packing event & at the Riverside Church, Julio Quirindongo, who coordinated gathering of migrant families!
Food Bag Donation Event with
Wells Fargo Corporate and Investment Bank
May 30th 2024, May 31st 2024, June 3rd 2024
St Bartholomew's, Breaking Ground, Coalition of the Homeless, Project Renewal
New York, NY
This was a team-building event where the employees of Wells Fargo generously helped us with packing food bags. The food bags were distributed to St. Bartholomew's on May 30th, as well as Breaking Ground and Coalition of the Homeless on May 31st in the Bronx and Brooklyn locations, by the Sunshine Action Interns and volunteers. On June 3rd, 80 more bags were given to Project Renewal in the Bronx.
The impact of Sunshine Action on the various communities was received with the greatest gratitude. Thank you to all Sunshine Action Interns and Wells Fargo Employee Volunteers!
Our Largest Event Yet!
Food Bag Donation with Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
Wednesday, Jan 10th 2024 & Friday, Jan 26th 2024
A. Philip Randolph Houses
West Harlem, New York, NY 10026
In collaboration with the generous funding and packing efforts of Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in NYC, we donated a total of 157 food bags to the A. Philip Randolph Houses in West Harlem over 2 events. Thank you to Dean Chappell and Teacher Sara Cusick, who organized students to pack at the school and provided teacher and student support at the distribution!
Packing & Distribution Event with Father Arias at St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Church
Sunday, Feb 11th 2024
619 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022
In supporting Father Arias and the migrant community he gathers for Sunday mass, Sunshine Action donated 55 food bags this Sunday at St.Peter's Church. Volunteers packed and distributed food bags at the church in time for Spanish mass.
Migrants travel from all over NYC for this Spanish mass. After mass, they meet with translators and legal counsel who have been organized by Father Arias. We applaud Father Arias and his staff for their tremendous efforts with the migrant communities of NYC!
Pop-up Pantry with the International Assembly for the Homelessness and Housing Team
Thursday, March 28th 2024 (6:30-8pm)
In front of St Francis De Assisi Church
135 W. 31st Street New York, NY 10001
Non-perishable food items and socks were offered along with hot drinks and cookies provided by the IAHH. Despite the rain, volunteers distributed 70 food bags during the event. Thank you to our private donors who supported the event!
Packing Event at The University of Chicago
Wednesday, April 17th 2024
Chicago Commons
515 E. 50th St. Chicago, IL 60615
Thank you to the Sunshine Ambassador and student, Toby Chan, and Advanced Career Placement staff, coordinated by Bethany Malzman, for hosting a great packing event for 140 food bags. This supported refugees and low-income families at Chicago Commons and the Marjorie Kohler Center. Thank you to all the volunteers!
