Hope BusA project of UMMA Foundation
Impact

50,000+ meals. Five boroughs. Three years.

We count meals. We don't count the people we serve, because we don't ask who. Here's what we do measure.

50,000+
hot meals served
5
boroughs every week
100+
active volunteers
4 yrs
on the road
The journey

From one route to fifty thousand meals.

  1. 2022

    First route

    One bus, one borough, fifty meals a week. A single Manhattan stop run by a small crew of UMMA Foundation volunteers.

  2. 2023

    Five boroughs

    The route map expanded to all five boroughs. Volunteer headcount grew past 30. Weekly meals crossed 1,000.

  3. 2024

    10,000 meals

    Crossed 10,000 cumulative meals served. Hit 50+ active volunteers. Added Friday Staten Island route in partnership with the mosque.

  4. 2025

    50,000+ meals

    Over 50,000 meals served since launch. 100+ active volunteers across all five routes. Hope Bus becomes a citywide weekly fixture.

From the route

Documentary, not staged.

Staten Island route, neighbors getting hot meals at Tompkinsville.
Manhattan route, East Harlem stop.
Bronx route, the crew on the bus.
Staten Island route, hand-off at the bus window.
Manhattan route, plating and serving.
Staten Island route, neighbor at the window.
Bronx route, volunteers in the bus interior.
Staten Island route, the line at the stop.

The next 50,000 starts with this Tuesday.

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