Broadway Community Inc

Our goals are stated in our mission statement: Broadway Community gathers around an open table, believing that the feast of justice, dignity, health and wholeness is for all people. We work together to see that everyone is included, breaking down the barriers of poverty, inequity, and privilege. From this feast we serve one another, transforming society until all are fed.

More specifically, we strive to serve our guests nutritious meals in a manner that affirms their humanity and dignity. It is our goal that, through this portal, they access the other services provided, such as basic health care, computers, showers, a shelter, food and clothing pantries, hands-on training in nutrition and food preparation, vocational training, plus free concerts, movies and intergenerational art projects. We intentionally work to develop a community in which staff, volunteers, and guests are equally valued and the lines are blurred as guests become volunteers. It is our goal to recognize that we can all help others and, at some time, we all need to be helped.
Further, it is our goal to help people move from joblessness and poverty to the dignity of work and the further satisfaction of having the stability and capacity to give to their communities, by providing vocational training, experience, and the financial means to receive the credentials needed to obtain work.

Our goals are stated in our mission statement: Broadway Community gathers around an open table, believing that the feast of justice, dignity, health and wholeness is for all people. We work together to see that everyone is included, breaking down the barriers of poverty, inequity, and privilege. From this feast we serve one another, transforming society until all are fed.

More specifically, we strive to serve our guests nutritious meals in a manner that affirms their humanity and dignity. It is our goal that, through this portal, they access the other services provided, such as basic health care, computers, showers, a shelter, food and clothing pantries, hands-on training in nutrition and food preparation, vocational training, plus free concerts, movies and intergenerational art projects. We intentionally work to develop a community in which staff, volunteers, and guests are equally valued and the lines are blurred as guests become volunteers. It is our goal to recognize that we can all help others and, at some time, we all need to be helped.
Further, it is our goal to help people move from joblessness and poverty to the dignity of work and the further satisfaction of having the stability and capacity to give to their communities, by providing vocational training, experience, and the financial means to receive the credentials needed to obtain work.

Since its incorporation in 1992, BC (officially Broadway Community, Inc.) has provided lunch three days per week. It has expanded to provide breakfast and distributions of food, clothing and produce. In the late 1990s it began partnering with the Institute for Family Health to provide medical services. It also began providing a weekend women's shelter which expanded to become nightly shelter overseen by volunteers. Early in 2018 a partnership was established with the Center for Urban Community Services to provide nightly shelter for those experiencing homelessness, which includes dinner and breakfast.

Broadway Presbyterian Church continues to be a staunch supporter, providing space, support staff, assistance with regular improvements to the dining hall and kitchen, and Board leadership.

While without a qualified Program Director to provide assistance with social services, BC is grateful to have the assistance of Columbia University students of Social Work to assist our guests with information on benefits.
This work is possible due to generous donations of food from The United Way of NYC, City Harvest, the NYC Food bank, local vendors and individuals, and St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School which every year before Thanksgiving creates a block long chain of students and teachers to deliver the food and supplies they have collected. Community Impact of Columbia U. provides funding, supplies, staff and volunteers. BC is also supported by foundations, individuals and religious organizations. It benefits from the skill and passion of Chef Michael Ennes and the many volunteers who help prepare and serve meals and work in the food and clothing pantries.

Since its incorporation in 1992, BC (officially Broadway Community, Inc.) has provided lunch three days per week. It has expanded to provide breakfast and distributions of food, clothing and produce. In the late 1990s it began partnering with the Institute for Family Health to provide medical services. It also began providing a weekend women's shelter which expanded to become nightly shelter overseen by volunteers. Early in 2018 a partnership was established with the Center for Urban Community Services to provide nightly shelter for those experiencing homelessness, which includes dinner and breakfast.

Broadway Presbyterian Church continues to be a staunch supporter, providing space, support staff, assistance with regular improvements to the dining hall and kitchen, and Board leadership.

While without a qualified Program Director to provide assistance with social services, BC is grateful to have the assistance of Columbia University students of Social Work to assist our guests with information on benefits.

This work is possible due to generous donations of food from The United Way of NYC, City Harvest, the NYC Food bank, local vendors and individuals, and St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School which every year before Thanksgiving creates a block long chain of students and teachers to deliver the food and supplies they have collected. Community Impact of Columbia U. provides funding, supplies, staff and volunteers. BC is also supported by foundations, individuals and religious organizations. It benefits from the skill and passion of Chef Michael Ennes and the many volunteers who help prepare and serve meals and work in the food and clothing pantries.

Two important organizational goals are: the employment of a Licensed Social Worker to be consistently onsite and work toward the demographics of our Board better reflecting the demographics of those we serve.