We are #40YearsINN!
In 1983, a group of concerned citizens opened the first soup kitchen in Nassau County, which later became the Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead.
In 2023, find out how you can #Get INNvolved and help The INN celebrate 40 years of “serving dignity, respect and love.”
Timeline
Timeline
1980's
1983 HEMPSTEAD
Opened the first soup kitchen in Nassau County. About 50 meals were served the first day.
1984 UNIONDALE
Opened The INN’s first emergency shelter, The Hospitality INN after two men froze to death in their car in Hempstead the winter before.
1990's
1990/1991/1992 NASSAU & SUFFOLK COUNTIES
Purchased 13 single and two-family homes on Long Island with homeless housing grant funding to form a Long- Term-Housing program.
2000's
2000 HEMPSTEAD
The Mary Brennan INN soup kitchen relocated to its current location at 100 Madison Avenue and the administrative offices were moved to 211 Fulton Avenue, where it still remains today.
2010's
2016 HEMPSTEAD
The Center for Transformative Change (CTC), a resource center and clothing boutique, opened in the building next door to the soup kitchen.
2020's
2020 HEMPSTEAD
The Covid-19 Pandemic forced the soup kitchen to close the dining room to guests and serve to-go meals out the
front door. Nearly 2.5 years later in 2022, the soup kichen reopened to allow guests inside, and purchased the building on the opposite side of the soup kitchen to expand its services.
2023
HEMPSTEAD
The INN celebrates 40 years of “Serving Dignity, Respect & Love” to those ‘INN’ need. Since 1983, over 15 million meals have been served all across Long Island.
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