Larchmont Avenue Church (LAC) is deeply committed to serving those in need and is known for its service in our community and abroad. In 2022, LAC, through the Church and Community committee, invested our resources in a variety of service agencies both at home and far away. Grants totaling $26,000 were made possible through the annual allocation from LAC’s Benevolence Endowment Fund. The grants, ranging from $500 to $5,000, were distributed to our mission partners. In our efforts to promote compassion and justice for all, we have built relationships and long-term partnerships with a range of mission partners addressing needs such as hunger, mental health, and homelessness.
Local Housing Relief Partners
The Bridge Fund of Westchester provides critical assistance to working poor families and individuals who have fallen behind in their rent but don’t qualify for government assistance. Our private funding gives us the flexibility to quickly resolve housing crises and keep our clients in their apartments.
Local Hunger Relief Partners
HOPE Community Services. With the assistance and support of a host of volunteers, HOPE opened the doors of its first soup kitchen in 1984. Since its early days, HOPE has grown to become the largest emergency food pantry and soup kitchen in the region. Although HOPE Community Services was founded to respond to hunger in the community, it quickly became apparent that food was not the only thing our clients were lacking. Clothing, language skills, emotional support, immigration services, and other daily necessities were also needed. HOPE Community Services expanded its services to meet the needs of its diverse client population.
Meals on Wheels program delivers nutritious meals to residents who cannot prepare meals themselves.
Larchmont/Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force is an all-volunteer coalition of community organizations, houses of worship, and concerned citizens dedicated to assisting local families who need food. We run a food pantry that distributes a nutritional bag of groceries providing four days of meals, weekly.
Local Agency Partners
At Home on the Sound provides a support system to help elders in our community continue to enjoy a vibrant lifestyle as they age, while remaining in their own homes in the Larchmont-Mamaroneck community, on the Sound Shore of Westchester County, New York.
The Community Resource Center , based in Mamaroneck, provides educational programs, job training, case management and referral services, and advocates for immigrants and low-income families in need.
The Larchmont/Mamaroneck Community Counseling Center addresses the mental health needs of youth, young adults, and families by providing quality, affordable, and confidential counseling and psychological services.
The Sharing Shelf collects gently used children’s clothing from Westchester’s community that can donate and provides those usable items to members of our community who are in need.
The STEM Alliance works with students and teachers to enhance STEM education and enrichment initiatives while ensuring equal access to STEM learning opportunities to all.
Neighbors for Refugees — Founded in 2016. our local chapter of Neighbors works directly with refugee families to provide them with the necessary services, resources, and community support to bolster their resilience, achieve self-sufficiency, and thrive in their new homes. NFR also strives to remove legal barriers to refugees through advocacy and education.
International Development Partner
Bridges to Community is an international not-for-profit organization whose two-part mission is to improve the lives of impoverished communities in developing countries through volunteer service trips, and to simultaneously educate and transform those volunteers to be more aware of the connections we all share and the ways we can all impact our lives for the better.