Project Hospitality 2025: Annual Poor People’s Dinner unites Staten Islanders Published: Nov. 25, 2025, 6:57 p.m. By Sydney Maldonado | smaldonado@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Project Hospitality staff, community members, and local officials gathered Monday night for the 28th Annual Poor People’s Dinner to share a meal, reflect on gratitude and support the organization’s mission to fight hunger on Staten Island. Now …
School spirit meets community service as Staten Island students pack meals at food pantry
School spirit meets community service as Staten Island students pack meals at food pantry Published: Nov. 18, 2025, 1:18 p.m. Staten Island students volunteer at Project Hospitality to help those in need By Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Students from over two dozen intermediate and high schools gathered in their school colors to help feed hungry Staten Islanders on …
Food pantry leaders share best practices for effective holiday giving
Food pantry leaders share best practices for effective holiday giving Published: Nov. 09, 2025, 7:00 a.m. By Pamela Silvestri | silvestri@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As the holiday season approaches, food drives across Staten Island are ramping up to meet growing community needs. In preparation, local pantry leaders are sharing best practices for edible donations to ensure that contributions are both helpful …
Project Hospitality honored with Champions of Change Award at United Way Reception
Project Hospitality honored with Champions of Change Award at United Way Reception Published: Oct. 30, 2025, 1:25 p.m. By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Project Hospitality was honored recently by the United Way for 43 years of serving impoverished New Yorkers. The non-profit was the only Staten Island organization representing city anti-hunger groups to receive the United Way’s …
Project Hospitality honors four at Harvest Gala
Project Hospitality honors four at Harvest Gala Published: Oct. 27, 2025, 6:16 p.m. By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Community leaders Jon Robert Del Giorno, members of The Staten Island United Federation of Teachers (UFT), The AmeriCorps RSVP Program of Staten Island, and the late Dr. Salman Zafar, who was honored posthumously, were recognized at Project Hospitality’s 40th …
Project Hospitality honors 4 at 2024 Harvest Gala
By Owen Reiter | For the Staten Island Advance STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 200 guests attended Project Hospitality‘s 2024 Harvest Gala on Tuesday, where four Staten Islanders’ lives of service were honored during an evening focused on giving to those in need. “The poor will be with us always,” said the Rev. Terry Troia, CEO of Project Hospitality, during …
Supermarket, WKTU’s Cubby & Carolina to host food drive
By Pamela Silvestri | Food editor Met Food Markets and market owner Bill Fani donate to the borough’s charities. Here they presented checks to the Children’s Campaign at the 2014 Advance Cookbook Taste-off held at the Hilton Garden Inn. (Staten Island Advance/Irving Silverstein) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Met Foods will rise and shine extra early on Thursday, Dec. 17, at the …
‘Love Your Neighbor Fest’ draws more than 200 to peek into cultures from across the globe
By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 200 from neighborhoods across Staten Island came together Saturday at the Reformed Church of Huguenot Park for a festival that could be described as Epcot Theme Park meets “It’s a Small World After All.” The third annual “Love Your Neighbor Fest” offered a peek into cultures from across the …
Food fate of 22 borough pantries has changed with city budget fix
By Pamela Silvestri | silvestri@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Faith leaders and pantry operators had been holding their breath after the mayor proposed $31.2 million in cuts to a city program that serves 22 pantries across the Island, with an emphasis on fresh food. A last-minute change in the budget last week restored a variety of food funding for struggling New Yorkers. …
Part of the late Joe Madory’s legacy, Poor People’s Dinner remains a November tradition
Part of the late Joe Madory’s legacy, Poor People’s Dinner remains a November tradition https://www.silive.com/dining/2023/11/part-of-the-late-joe-madorys-legacy-poor-peoples-dinner-remains-a-november-tradition.html By Pamela Silvestri | silvestri@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One legacy of the banker and humanitarian Joe Madory remains a November tradition, now 26 years in motion — the Poor People’s Dinner. Over a simple meal of soup and bread, attendees commune to understand the plight of the …
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