Trinity's Services And Food for the Homeless (SAFH) is a soup kitchen at 602 E. 9th Street in the East Village. They've been there since 1986.
Pastor Wollenburg started it when a lot of homeless people were living in Tompkins Square Park. The neighborhood needed help. SAFH provided it.
They're still doing it almost 40 years later.
If you show up, you get fed. No forms to fill out. No questions about why you need food. No judgment.
The soup kitchen is open Monday through Friday from 11am to noon. After that, there's a food pantry from 12:30pm to 1:30pm where people can get groceries to take home. SAFH serves about 200,000 meals per year. During summer months, they feed up to 300 people every day.
People living on the street. Working parents who can't afford both rent and food. Elderly people on fixed incomes. Students whose financial aid doesn't stretch far enough. Anyone who needs a meal.
The East Village has gotten expensive. SAFH hasn't stopped serving people because of it.
They're affiliated with Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish but operate independently with their own board and finances. They don't proselytize. They just feed people.
Volunteers from the neighborhood run everything. They prepare meals, serve food, stock the pantry, and help connect people with other resources in the city. If someone needs housing assistance or job placement help, SAFH can point them in the right direction. The meal is important, but so is everything else.
I made braindead, an app that blocks distracting apps on your phone.
This October, I'm donating 50% of revenue to Trinity's SAFH. Every dollar earned, half goes to them.
I'm based in New York. SAFH is in my community. If I'm asking people to be more intentional with their time, I want to be intentional with my mine.
When you use braindead this month, you're helping fund meals at SAFH. That's 200,000 meals a year. Real food for real people.
If you want to donate directly to SAFH yourself, you can do that too.
Thank you.