Community Lunch is student-run soup kitchen that is part of Community Impact, a non-profit organization at Columbia University that serves disadvantaged people in the Morningside Heights, Harlem, and Washington Heights communities.

At Community Lunch, volunteers cook and serve a nourishing three-course meal to 70-100 homeless and low-income individuals in collaboration with Broadway Presbyterian Church. Community Lunch is a unique program because we serve our guests “restaurant style.” This means that every volunteer becomes a waiter or waitress for a table, so there are no cafeteria-style lines. This method of serving fosters a more personal relationship between volunteers and soup kitchen guests.