St. John Lutheran Church

88-24 Myrtle Ave.
Glendale, NY 11385

Agency Contact
**Contact the Office of Academic Service Learning in Lourdes Hall or email asl@stjohns.edu to schedule**
Pastor Mark Danzis
718.847.3188
aplohiseye@aol.com

Nature and Purpose of Agency
OUR MISSION... “To assist a hurting humanity, to enter into an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit and be incorporated into a healthy Body of Christ.”

Tasks Available for Students
Food Pantry/Soup Kitchen
Two volunteers are needed to work in the food pantry on Sunday mornings from 9am – 11am.  The pantry serves approximately 25 families every Sunday.  Food is served in the school gymnasium, called the Second Chance Ministry.

Time Requirements   
Special Project:  Event starts at 9am and will be over at approximately 2pm.  Ideally, students are needed for the entire duration.  

Student Awareness/Special Instructions
Food Pantry; students enter the building by walking up the sidewalk with the awning over it, then turn left to go through the double metal doors. The kitchen/gym is down a flight of stairs. Yolanda and Ericka Herrera will be there to orient them.

Agency Directions      
DRIVING
Start out going SOUTH on UTOPIA PKWY toward 80TH RD.  Turn RIGHT onto GRAND CENTRAL PKWY W.  GRAND CENTRAL PKWY W is just past 82ND AVE.  Merge onto GRAND CENTRAL PKWY W via the ramp on the LEFT toward TRIBORO BR.. Take the J ROBINSON PKWY WEST exit, EXIT 13W, on the LEFT toward BROOKLYN. Merge onto JACKIE ROBINSON PKWY W.  Take the FOREST PARK DR exit, EXIT 4, toward MYRTLE AVE/WOODHAVEN BLVD. Take the ramp toward MYRTLE AVE/WOODHAVEN BLVD. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto FOREST PKWY/PARK DR. Turn RIGHT onto MYRTLE AVE. 8824 MYRTLE AVE..  Your destination is just past 88TH PL.  If you reach 88TH LN you've gone a little too far.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Start out going North on Utopia Pky towards Union Tpke.   Take the Q31 Bus from Utopia Pky and Union Tpke station heading to Jamaica.  Get off at Archer Av and Sutphin Blvd.  Entrance near intersection of Sutphin Blvd and Archer Ave.  Take the J train from Sutphin Blvd - Archer Av/JFK station heading to Broad St.  Get off at Woodhaven Blvd.   Exit near intersection of Woodhaven Blvd and Jamaica Ave.  Start out going East on Jamaica Ave towards Woodhaven Blvd.   Take the Q53 Bus from Woodhaven Blvd/Jamaica Av station heading to Woodside.  Get off at Woodhaven Blvd/Myrtle Ave.  2 min walk.  Start out going West on Myrtle Ave towards Woodhaven Blvd.   Arrive at 88-24 MYRTLE AVE.