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Good afternoon, everybody – today we served a total of 30 families, including 56 adults, 34 children and 12 seniors. Jen Cadenhead has joined our team for the Feeding Westchester 5K on Sunday, September 23.  That makes eight of us.  Quite a few people have donated to the Miles for Meals website, even some anonymously. Continue reading “September 12, 2018”

Good afternoon, everybody – today we served a total of 25 families, including 49 adults, 34 children and 12 seniors. I’m attaching below a flyer from Rochambeau Wines and Liquors in Dobbs Ferry.  They’re doing a fundraiser for the Irvington Library and the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry on Thursday, September 13 from 7:00 p.m. toContinue reading “September 5, 2018”

Good afternoon, everybody – today we served a total of 18 families, including 28 adults, 24 children and 6 seniors. Our team (six of us) is registered for Feeding Westchester’s 5K, which will take place on Sunday, September 23 from 9:00 to noon at Pace University in Pleasantville.  Now we need people to donate.  EverythingContinue reading “August 22, 2018”

Good afternoon, everybody – today we served a total of 29 families, including 62 adults, 32 children and 9 seniors. We’ve got two bins for the pantry at Stop & Shop – one at each entry.  People have been caring and generous.  Whenever one of us volunteers goes into Stop & Shop we routinely findContinue reading “August 15, 2018”

Good evening, everybody – Today we served a total of 21 families, including 45 adults, 28 children and 9 seniors. We now have a bin at both doors of Stop & Shop, and yesterday when I was there one of the bins was packed with food and other items, all valuable.  I took a pictureContinue reading “August 8, 2018”

New bin for pantry at Stop & Shop in Dobbs Ferry – please add something to the bin when you’re shopping there.  The hungry people of the Rivertowns will appreciate it!

Good afternoon, everybody – Today we served a total of 27 families, including 56 adults, 35 children and 13 seniors. Our resident techie, Barbara M. has put up a request for donations, both edible and monetary, on several different Facebook pages throughout the Rivertowns, and you should see the response!  People in Manhattan donated!  Don’tContinue reading “August 1, 2018”

Good afternoon, everybody – I wasn’t at the pantry in the morning, but the team soldiered on and did a great job.  In the morning we served a total of 29 families, including 49 adults, 44 children and 10 seniors.  Then, since it was the last Wednesday of the month, in the evening Benny, AndrewContinue reading “July 26, 2018”

Good morning, everybody – yesterday we served a total of 29 families, including 59 adults, 33 children and 11 seniors. A couple of people responded to my description of the Feeding Westchester 5K, which will take place at Pace University in Pleasantville on Sunday, September 23 from 9:00 a.m. until noon.  We have about sevenContinue reading “July 19, 2018”