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Robin, Co-Director of SPRING Community Partners and person with a head for numbers, finds that in September we served an average of 101 families and 381 people, not 539.

Good afternoon, everybody – Last Wednesday was a busy one for us.  We served 132 families, including 268 adults, 181 children and 47 seniors, for a total of 496 people.  Since it was the end of the month we gave Stop & Shop gift cards also.  Our clients love those gift cards, but we canContinue reading “October 3, 2020”

Good afternoon, everyone – Last Wednesday we served  99 families, including 204 adults, 131 children and 40 seniors, for a total of 375 people served.  It looks like we’re arriving at a new normal of around 100 families a week, as opposed to the 35-40 we used to serve.  Since this coming Wednesday is the lastContinue reading “September 28, 2020”

Good evening, everyone – today we served 95 families, with 193 adults, 131 children and 32 seniors, for a total of 356 people served.  We’ve been serving fewer families this month, hopefully because people are being called back to work.   We’ve been talking about how to keep the pantry going in the winter months withoutContinue reading “September 16, 2020”

Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s been a hectic couple of weeks and we haven’t been able to post, but here we are, back again!  Last Wednesday we served 102 families, including 207 adults, 148 children and 30 seniors, for a total of 385 people served.  During the month of August, by the way, we averaged 112Continue reading “September 15, 2020”

Good afternoon, everybody – Yesterday our beloved Robin Larkins was away  but we muddled through anyhow.  In the morning we served a total of 116 families, including 252 adults, 151 children and 35 seniors.  Then in the evening we served another 12 families consisting of 23 adults, 22 children and 3 seniors.  Altogether we served 128Continue reading “August 27, 2020”

The next food drive by the Ardsley United Methodist Church for the Pantry will take place on Saturday, September 12 from 10:00 to 1:00, not next Saturday.  Thanks in advance to whoever on this list brings some food or diapers for us on that day!

Good morning, everybody – Last Wednesday, despite the pouring rain, we served 93 families, including 192 adults, 120 children and 30 seniors, for a total of 342 people served.           We were delighted by a visit in the rain from Assemblymember Thomas Abinanti and his Constituent Liaison, Alyssa Jacobs.  They broughtContinue reading “August 22, 2020”