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2021 DF Food Pantry Year-end Highlights – Volume II We continue with last week’s 2021 review of the interactions between the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry volunteers and the neighbor-clients who receive the benefits of your donations of food and money. “For me, it was receiving a sweet thank-you note from one of our neighbors. SheContinue reading “December 29, 2021”

Hello, everyone out there in Donor Land. It’s me, the guy with the wrench and the mop. I wanted to do a so-called “highlight reel” of the great things the Food Pantry provided its neighbors in 2021.  But we didn’t do them.  You did.  You did it with your donations of food and dollars, bigContinue reading “December 22, 2021- Caring in the Time of COVID”

“We treat everyone with dignity and respect.” These were the first instructions I received when I started helping out at the food pantry. And every week I see the impact that dignity and respect has on all the people who come there. A few weeks ago I was cleaning up at the end of aContinue reading “December 15, 2021”

Get to Work After I left my career as a VP in media after 32 wonderful years I was ready to start part 2 of life and I’m honored to be the Outside Manager of the DFFP. There are quite a few similarities that transcend corporate life and pantry life. Instead of Wednesday morning meetingsContinue reading “December 8, 2021”

We hope everyone had a fulfilling Thanksgiving. The community was extra generous to the Pantry this past holiday week. Food drives filled the shelves and filled our tables with plenty for our clients’ feasts. They brought home fresh vegetables, gravy, stuffing, and even pies supplied by local Girl Scouts and other individuals. Donations came inContinue reading “December 1, 2021”

We were busy today serving 108 families (39 deliveries, 69 pickups) but not too busy toask folks what foods will be gracing their Thanksgiving tables. Having just read that only acouple countries (Liberia, for one) observe the holiday, I was curious how foreign-bornAmericans celebrate, if at all, and how they spin our traditional menu. ItContinue reading “November 17, 2021”

We lucked out again today – no rain and perfect temperatures, is this November? We continue to enjoy the support of  many of our community organizations.  This week and the next there is an uptick in donations all due to anticipating the coming holiday.  Who doesn’t get excited about Thanksgiving?  Stop & Shop has partneredContinue reading ” November 11, 2021″

Dear Financial Donors, The lede of this week’s edition of the Food Pantry Newsletter is devoted to those of you who faithfully support our efforts with cash donations rather than food or other necessities. So we thought we’d give you an idea of how we stretch the currency we get. Our monthly cash burn isContinue reading “November 3, 2021”

We had a very welcome visit from Mayor Vincent Rossillo today! We were happy to be able to give him a tour of our operations and let him know what we need from the Village. He was surprised to hear how much we’ve grown in just the last 18 months and promised to help whereContinue reading “October 27, 2021”

Several years ago Paul Feiner, the Greenburgh Town Supervisor, invited the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry to give a presentation at a Greenburgh Town Board meeting. Benny Rodriguez, Marc Taiano and I spoke about the service the Pantry provides to the community. After our talks, Mr. Feiner rose and spoke the following words, which I haveContinue reading “October 20, 2021”