75 Lewis Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11206Agency ContactLorrette Ayers Bent Hall, Garden Level, Rm 18ayersl@stjohns.edu (718) 990-7904www.breadandlife.org Nature and Purpose of AgencySt. John’s Bread and Life exists to restore shattered hopes and human dignity. The heart of the program is a soup kitchen located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn that serves breakfast and lunch to needy New Yorkers daily. We also reduce suffering and encourage independence by providing clothes, health and counseling services. We try to make our program an instrument of long range empowerment and community building as well as immediate service. We strive to heighten awareness of the public’s responsibility to address and prevent poverty. This is accomplished in an atmosphere of compassion and respect.Tasks Available for Students Help in food pantry, Mobile Soup Kitchen, tutoring, run Voter Registration/ Education workshops, help with Mom’s group, talk with guests…many other opportunities available.Agency directions *****WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTAION TO AND FROM BREAD & LIFE FREE OF CHARGE ON CERTAIN DAYS. PLEASE ASK ABOUT THIS.Public Transportation Take the Q46 to Kew Gardens, then transfer to the E train. Take the E train to Sutphin, on Sutphin Blvd. Change to J train to Myrtle Ave., then walk 3 blocks. Driving Take Grand Central Parkway to Jackie Robinson Parkway. Take Jackie Robinson to Bushwick Ave. exit. Stay on Bushwick Ave until you reach Hart. Make a left onto Hart and take to Lewis Ave.