Part of the Solution (POTS), a multi-service agency and soup kitchen on Webster Avenue in Bedford Park, will be able to provide thousands more meals and expanded services by Thanksgiving, now that the group has broken ground on a new facility.
In an event announcing the expansion on Monday, agency officials gathered with Congressman Jose Serrano, Councilman Joel Rivera, Linda Gibbs, deputy mayor for Health and Human Services and other supporters. The new building at 2761-2763 Webster Ave. was made possible with financing from the Low Income Investment Fund and from Chase, as well as philanthropic support.
“In the past five years, the number of meals POTS’ emergency food program provided went from 200,000 in 2005 to 330,000 last year, driven largely by families requesting emergency groceries,” said Sr. Mary Alice Hannan, POTS’ executive director. “The new facility will not only allow POTS to feed more people, but it will enable the agency to expand its services to help families stabilize and improve their lives.”
The project will allow POTS to expand after-school tutoring, cooking and nutrition classes, an on-site medical clinic, and conversion of its food pantry to a “grocery store” model.
For more information about POTS, go to www.potsbronx.org or call (718) 213-0595.
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