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In 2020, we partnered with Samaritan’s Purse to help build a Central Park COVID-19 field hospital and deliver four truckloads of relief and Gospel resources. Over eight months, we hosted 30+ outreach festivals and supplied 200+ churches with essential aid across NYC.
We brought food, hygiene kits, testing, flu shots, and hope to hard-hit neighborhoods—turning troubled streets into spaces of worship, prayer, and joy. We also supported seniors, launched virtual tutoring, and started SaturateNYC.app to serve our communities in crisis.
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Urban Hope’s Pandemic Response
In March 2020, Urban Hope partnered with Samaritan’s Purse to help build a COVID-19 field hospital in Central Park and deliver four truckloads of relief and Gospel resources. Over the next eight months, we organized more than 30 outreach festivals and led five-borough distribution.
campaigns that resourced over 200 churches and ministries across NYC.
In Staten Island, a dedicated outreach team focused on serving the most vulnerable. Weekly festivals provided food, hygiene items, COVID-19 testing, flu shots, and inspirational books. Many struggling neighborhoods were transformed into places of worship, love, and joy.
Urban Hope also delivered meals for eight months to seniors in public housing, launched virtual tutoring for public school students, and began healing community “Agape Meals.” We created SaturateNYC.app to offer continued support during the health, food, and education crisis.
How We've Helped
NYC has been reeling from the unrelenting distress and sorrow of 2020. For the past 30 years our mission and theme song has been to build “a house of hope in a world of pain.” Never have our communities needed the protection of the house of the Lord more. Behind the pandemic, the protests and the political vitriol are countless struggling and frightened children and families.
As the epicenter of many devastating medical and sociological storms, NYC suffered immensely. As is always the case, the poor experienced the greatest loss of life, employment, education and hope.
2020 Review
Communities across New York City (Staten Island, Bronx, Manhatten, Queens and Brooklyn) received FREE meals, essential household items and tens of thousands of Christian resources of HOPE!
As a result of YOUR prayer, volunteerism and support, Urban Hope provided:
110,000
meals
50,000
Face Masks
10,000
baby and children's outfits
150,000
meals
320,000
Baby Wipes
4,000
Hygiene Kits
4,000
Blankets
4,000
Winter Jackets
800
Boxes of Hope
120,000
Inspirational Books
600
Thanksgiving meals
4,000
Christmas gifts
In a year marked by hardship, a dedicated team united across sectors—churches, schools, NYCHA communities, and local leaders—to provide critical relief, especially in NYC’s public housing areas and nearby elementary schools. Major efforts included distributing hygiene supplies, encouraging booklets, and hosting community events. Inspired by Kevlar's strength in unity, they wove together diverse leaders to form a protective network for vulnerable neighborhoods. Reflecting on the unity of the ancient Agape Meal, they launched Community Prayer Breakfasts under the motto: “Breaking Bread to Break Down Walls,” where hundreds gathered for meals, worship, and support.
