Food pantries struggle to serve needy following snowstorm
Posted on: January 26, 2016Many food pantries in Brooklyn are struggling to keep up with an increase in demand after Saturday’s blizzard. The Masbia Soup Kitchen in Midwood received a supply of fruit and…
Volunteers Distribute Hot Food To Neighbors Stranded By The Winter Storm
Posted on: January 25, 2016BY ALEX ELLEFSON Volunteers prepare the food packages at City Councilman Chaim Deutsch’s office. (Photo:Councilman Chaim Deutsch / Facebook) More than 100 volunteers, including members of Flatbush Shomrim, fanned out around Sheepshead Bay…
Brooklyn, NY – Snowbound Seniors: Deutsch Distributing Masbia Meals To Homebound Residents Share Tweet Share Mail
Posted on: January 24, 2016New York – A Brooklyn city councilman will be on the city’s snow-clogged streets Sunday with his staffers, delivering food packages from a local soup kitchen to the elderly. City…
NY1: Brooklyn Food Pantry Network in Serious Need of Donations
Posted on: January 22, 2016By Roger Clark A network of Brooklyn food pantries is in trouble, and is urgently asking for donations. Shelves are bare at Masbia Soup Kitchen Network, which has been providing…
Brooklyn, NY – Masbia: Food Supplies Low As Storm Approaches
Posted on: January 21, 2016Brooklyn, NY – The New York City charity Masbia (MAHZ’-bee-uh) says the grocery bags it’s distributing to families before the storm are a lot lighter than usual. Executive Director Alexander…
Masbia Soup Kitchen Reports Severe Food Shortage
Posted on: January 21, 2016By Isser Berg NEW YORK – Masbia soup kitchen is reporting a severe food shortage, warning that needy families will receive just the barest basics for this weekend’s food packages. “Sadly,…
Forward: Masbia Seeks New Home for Kosher Soup
Posted on: January 13, 2016Yes, Masbia is looking for a new space in Queens. But first, how about more plates and napkins? Masbia Soup Kitchen Network, the New York organization that feeds the…
Patrick Jean-Baptiste testifies at NYC Council hearing on Hunger
Posted on: January 13, 2016Introduction First, I want to start by thanking Councilman Levin, Chair of General Welfare Committee, for giving Masbia Soup Kitchen Network the opportunity to come here today and talk about…
Queens Gazette: Ruben Diaz
Posted on: January 13, 2016by Nicollette Barsamian Ruben Diaz is the kosher chef at Masbia Soup Kitchen Network. The network has three locations: two are in Brooklyn – Borough Park and Flatbush, and the third is located at 98-08 Queens Boulevard, Rego…