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May feels like a month filled with celebrations. The sweet smell of spring blossoms fills the air around the pantry. It’s the start of graduation and wedding season. One of our volunteers welcomed a baby into their family. Congratulations to the Prendergast family! Our amazing leaders, Vera Halpenny, Donna Assumma and Nancy Kaboolian, went toContinue reading “May 2026”

April was National Food Month, a time to celebrate earth’s bounty and the place it holds in our lives. That focus, plus the end of several months’ hibernation over the brutal winter, may explain all the food-related activity at the pantry during the month.  Take strawberries, for example. I love strawberries! (I grew up 30Continue reading “April 2026”

Join us for a community garage sale organized by students, where every purchase helps make a difference! All proceeds will go directly toward supporting The Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry and helping local families in need. Thank you for your support!

The Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry serves seniors, families, and single parents, families who have experienced a difficult turn in life: divorce, the death of a spouse, job loss, or ongoing financial struggles. They live in Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Elmsford, Irvington, and parts of Greenburgh. There is no judgment, because it could be any one ofContinue reading “March 2026”

February may be the shortest month, yet it often feels the longest. This winter, in particular, has been exceptionally harsh, bringing relentless snow and arctic temperatures that have proven a challenge to our logistics. Thankfully, our dedicated and adaptable volunteers rise to every challenge. When severe weather required us to move our operation indoors lastContinue reading “February 2026”

What a month it has been! Near record snowfall and low temperatures late in the month made it necessary to pivot to serving our clients inside the church’s sanctuary. We can tolerate a lot outdoors, but a foot of snow finally made us come up with a different solution. However, our amazing team of volunteersContinue reading “January 2026”

Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry FundraiserAll-Star Jazz Benefit ConcertThursday, January 22, 2026, 7-10 p.m. Join us for an evening of great music at Jazz Forum in Tarrytown, and help raise money for the food pantry. Jazz Forum, a longtime supporter of the food pantry, is donating the amount raised from ticket sales to the pantry, andContinue reading “Upcoming Event”

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus… Santa arrived at the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry this December in many guises; as our neighbors from Dobbs and surrounding villages, as civic organizations and as local businesses.  We extend our sincerest appreciation to all the generous people who made donations to the Pantry this past month, andContinue reading “January 2026”

Thanks For All You Give By Duke Coffey I’ve been with the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry for seven years, about what you’d expect to get in New York State for 3rd-degree burglary with one prior conviction. It’s my view that over all that time this Thanksgiving was the best that you – yes, YOU –Continue reading “December 2025”

“Oh! — fruit loved of boyhood! — the old days recalling… When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin, Glaring out through the dark with a candle within!” — John Greenleaf Whittier, The Pumpkin   In my 79 years, I’ve come across only one friend who didn’t like to eat. Sure, John knew he hadContinue reading “November 2025”