The Father's Heart Ministries is a faith-based 501(c)3 not-for-profit ministry created to demonstrate God's love through practical expressions of compassion.

Description and/or History:
The Father's Heart Ministries mission is to fight poverty and combat domestic violence. We designed programs to empower individuals to support themselves and "get off the food line" and to enable individuals and families to treat each other with love and respect.

Programs:

SOUP KITCHEN/FOOD PANTRY: We serve a hot, all-you-can-eat meal to more than 600 guests each week in our Saturday Hunger Prevention Program (soup kitchen and food pantry)

KIDZONE: on Tuesday nights, is a soup kitchen and open recreation area for children and youth to age 19. Parents/caregivers are welcome also.

ALPHABET SCOOP: is an ice cream store where we make ice cream and train and employ youth in the life and job skills that will allow them to advance in their school and work endeavors. Teenagers receive classroom instruction and work under a mentor/manager, someone who oversees the operation of the shift and mentors the teen.

We also offer ESL classes every Saturday morning and Celebrate Recovery, a powerful 12-step recovery program, every Tuesday night.

Contact people:

Carol Vedral, Executive Director, (212) 375-1765, (email) Marian Hutchins, Program Director, (212) 375-1765, (email) Jacqueline Martinez, Volunteer Coordinator, (212) 375-1765, (email)

Address:

545 East 11th Street New York, NY 10009 (See a map)

Directions:

By Train - Take either A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 9, F, N, R, 4, 5, 6 Trains to 14th Street, transfer to L Train Brooklyn Bound, get off at First Avenue (last stop before entering Brooklyn). Exit station proceed walking southbound to 11th Street and then eastbound towards Avenue B. By Bus - Take either 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15, 20, 101, 102, 103 to 14th Street, transfer to #14 bus towards Avenue B. Exit bus, proceed walking southbound to 11th Street. By Car - FROM UPPER MANHATTAN: From George Washington Bridge proceed southbound to Harlem River Drive to FDR Drive to Houston Street Exit. Make a right. Houston Street to Avenue B. Make a right. Avenue B to 11th Street. Make a left. The Father's Heart Ministry Center is on right. From Lower Manhattan - Take FDR Drive northbound to Houston Street Exit. Make a left. Houston Street to Avenue B. Make a right. Avenue B to 11th Street. Make a left. The Father's Heart Ministry Center is on right.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 14th St. & 1st Ave.,   Walk distance (in minutes): 10 mins.   Nearest Bus Stop: M9, 2 mins. minute walk