The JBJ Soul Foundation announces that the JBJ Soul Kitchen Food Bank has ended our food distributions as of Tuesday, September 15, 2020. We thank the Rubenstein Family for their generosity and support during our time there.

In May 2020, the JBJ Soul Foundation committed to purchase and supply food for 5,000 individuals monthly for 4 months in response to the COVID pandemic. Many food pantries were seeing a 500% increase in the need for food.

During our 18 weeks of food distribution, we delivered over 447,225 pounds of healthy shelf-stable food along with produce, dairy products and handmade frozen meals to 8 pantries on the East End of Long Island.

At just one pantry, the food provided through the JBJ Soul Foundation helped feed over 10,705 Springs residents from May 17 to September 1. This is more than the total number the pantry had served for all of 2019.

We are grateful for the opportunity to meet and work with the seven pantries we were able to serve.  Their commitment to their communities is inspiring. On our visits to the organizations, we saw volunteers packing bags in a power outage, volunteers distributing food from a tent in temperatures well into 90’s, and churches, classrooms, and any extra space turned into food storage and distribution centers. We saw what is possible when we care for each other and it was humbling and we were proud to be a small part of that.

If you are interested in helping families in need on the East End, below is a list of food pantries JBJ Soul Foundation partnered with:

• Bridgehampton Children’s Care and Recreation Center
• Bridgehampton Food Pantry
• East Hampton Food Pantry
• Hamptons Church
• Hamptons Community Outreach
• Heart of the Hamptons 
• Montauk Food Pantry
• The Springs Food Pantry