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BERNSTEIN Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 4:00 AM At 11:15 on a teeth - chattering Saturday morning, New York City's hottest dining scene's not at some trendy eatery, but in Alphabet City's Tompkins Square Park. Scores of famished diners - kindergartners and grandparents, clean- shaven and scruffy men - zigzag into the park, awaiting Scarlett Mendoza's arrival. "Everyone deserves a warm meal, and that's what we're providing," says the upper East Side's Mendoza, 38, a diminutive dynamo in black slacks, red L.L. Bean jacket and long, parted brown hair. She unloads Hi-C drink boxes, McDonald's cheeseburgers and fruit snacks, while her gregarious contractor hubby, Neil Manganaro, directs the line. Mendoza and fellow servers distribute grub with grins and kind words. "How are you doing?" Mendoza asks people, handing out Hi-C drinks. "Are you okay?" Folks smile in gratitude, grabbing park benches and chowing down. "We're only giving out 200 burgers today, but when it gets warmer, the line will double," Mendoza says. "And we'll be ready." Mendoza, mom to 1-year-old Nicholas, runs the Friends in Need Foundation. The nonprofit is devoted to clothing and feeding the less fortunate (Saturdays in Tompkins Square Park, Mondays on the Bowery), as well as providing financial support to needy families. Since Friends' inception more than four years ago, it has expanded to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and even Florida. Last year, 50,000-plus meals were provided nationwide. "It's such a simple way to help people," says Mendoza. Born in the Philippines, Mendoza endured a hardscrabble childhood. When she was 7 years old, her dad died, leaving her mom to run the family wholesale business - and care for six kids. "Things were so difficult," recalls Mendoza, the brood's youngest. As the business teetered on bankruptcy, food and shelter were no longer givens. To provide a better life, "my mom sent me to live with my aunt in Southern California. I was 14, and couldn't understand why she was sending me away. Though I see she meant well," she says. At the time, her brother lived in New Jersey. She came to visit him - and New York City. "I loved it here right away," she says, deciding to move to the city after high school. "Though as a California girl, it took me five years to learn to wear socks." She laughs, pointing to her obsidian-black socks. Still the city, true to its nature, would make her work hard to make it here. She was accepted into New York University, but costly tuition nixed her enrollment. This posed a problem. She was in the States on a student visa; she needed to attend college, or 'EVERYONE DESERVES A WARM MEAL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING' Every Saturday, no one goes hungry on Scarlett Mendoza’s watch. 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"It was August, and time was running out before fall terms began. I looked in the Yellow Pages and found Marymount College. I called them and asked, 'Are you still accepting students for the fall?' They were, and so I filled out my application right away," she says. Mendoza eventually attended college at Hunter and Baruch, where she graduated with an international marketing degree. After attending an Arhatic yoga workshop nearly 13 years ago, Mendoza ditched marketing and dedicated herself to yogic healing and meditation. In 2002, she founded Friends in Need. Funding came from her pocketbook and donations, as it remains so today. Corralling money was easy; distributing food was difficult. "Our first day, we showed up at the park and literally had to track people down," she recalls. As time passed, hungry folks came to them, as did volunteers. "Scarlett helped show me how rewarding it was to get outside of myself and help others," says New Jerseyan Michael Espinoza, a three-year veteran of Saturday's food giveaway. "What she's doing is amazing and appreciated a great deal," says Irene, 58, who has partaken of Saturday's meal for two years. "Every week, I know they'll be here." Sometimes, they're the only ones. Several years ago, a fierce snowstorm painted New York white. Still, Mendoza and Co. soldiered to Tompkins Square Park, only to find "nobody. They didn't think we'd show up." "We have better service than the post office," Manganaro chimes in. "So there we were, with 200 hamburgers. We sought people out and even took burgers to the shelter. We gave away every last one," she says proudly. Nowadays, Mendoza has no problems passing out McDonald's provisions, which she purchases. "When you have nothing, a name brand's a treat," she says about the fast food. On holidays such as Easter, she distributes extra treats like chocolate. In the future, Mendoza fantasizes about creating a free café where "anybody who's hungry can eat whatever they want. Food shouldn't be a privilege - everybody should have access." But will Mendoza cook the meals? "I don't cook; my husband's the chef," she says, revealing her infectiously calming smile. "My specialty is giving away the food." For more information on Friends in Need Foundation, visit friendsinneedusa.org. Do you know an immigrant New Yorker who achieved his or her dream in our great city? 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