About Us
Victoria Garloch
Hi. My name is Victoria Garloch and I decided to start a community soup kitchen in Pine Island, New York, for my Girl Scout Gold Award Project. I decided to pursue this project after I volunteered with other members and volunteers of the Warwick Ecumenical Council at the Midnight Run in New York City in November 2010. At first I was very nervous and didn't want to get out of the car because I was uncomfortable. Then, at the last stop I saw a homeless man in a wheel-chair with an amputated leg. I was even more afraid then before. While I was handing out soup the man in the wheel-chair came up to me and said, "Can I have some soup please?" At that moment I realized I was no longer afraid and decided I wanted to do more in my community for the less fortunate. I believe that the Warwick Community Kitchen is needed and can be successful in our community because of the 250 families that benefit from the Warwick Food Pantry every month, the 180+ children in the Town of Warwick that go home every Friday with a back-pack filled with food to feed them over the weekend as part of the Back-Pack Snack Attack Program, and the large migrant population as a result of the farms in the Black Dirt Region of Pine Island, Florida and Goshen.
Vision Community Church is a place where you can restart your spiritual journey, go deeper in your faith, and have a first-hand experience of God. We think people can be seekers and believers at the same time. So while our church is relevant, we are also a place of deep theological reflection. Join us any Sunday for worship 10AM at Pine Island Elementary School. For more information visit our website at www.visiblechurch.org.
