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Here is important information about the well-known Hilltop Thrift Shop at Zion Episcopal Church, 55 Cedar Street in Dobbs Ferry: The Thrift Shop is now open from Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday) between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Due to COVID, only two shoppers are allowed in at a time (wearing aContinue reading “February 22, 2021 – Hilltop Thrift Shop at Zion Episcopal Church”

Good afternoon, everybody – This past Wednesday was a nice day again, and we were able to serve 115 families, consisting of 234 adults, 148 children and 37 seniors, for a total of 419 people.  A record 42 deliveries were made to people who, due to illness, quarantine or some other issue, couldn’t get toContinue reading “February 19, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – Last Wednesday we were not able to open the Food Pantry due to the storm.  This has only happened a couple of times in the ten years since we’ve been open, but now that the pantry is outdoors we’re much more vulnerable to bad weather.  This was the year when weContinue reading “February 11, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – This past Wednesday we served 152 families, including 306 adults, 196 children and 56 seniors, for a total of 558 people served.  Our beloved delivery volunteers took food to 37 families.  In January we served a total of 461 families and 1,669 people.  We averaged 115 families and 417 people perContinue reading “January 29, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – Yesterday we served 93 families, including 186 adults, 125 children and 33 seniors, for a total of 344 people served.  Our stalwart delivery volunteers made 34 deliveries to clients who couldn’t get to the pantry. Sadly, I must start on a tragic note.  In December a young family and their childrenContinue reading “January 21, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – This past Wednesday we served a total of 112 families, including 224 adults, 149 children and 30 seniors, for a total of 403 people.  We delivered food to 33 homes, with the help of five volunteers who load the food into their cars and drive throughout the area to people whoContinue reading “January 15, 2021”

Good afternoon and happy New Year, everybody – It’s been a while since we’ve posted due to the overwhelming demands of running a food pantry during a pandemic, but we’ve never missed a week, and here we are in 2021.  For the month of December we served a total of 598 families, including 1,196 adults, 777Continue reading “January 1, 2021”