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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”

Good afternoon, everybody – this past Wednesday we served a total of 119 families, compared to last week’s 105.  The families consisted of 245 adults, 154 children and 37 seniors, for a total of 436 people served.  We thought we’d see more people this week because we gave Stop & Shop gift cards this week. Continue reading “August 14, 2020”

Good afternoon, everybody – despite the devastation of Tropical Storm Isaias, the pantry took place as usual on Wednesday, although many volunteers and clients were without electricity.  Probably many on this list went through the same thing.  On Wednesday we served a total of 105 families (compared to 130 last week), including 217 adults, 137Continue reading “August 7, 2020”