Author Archives: dfpantry

Good afternoon, everyone – good to be back, and thank you to all the volunteers who kept the pantry going while I was away.  We are an interchangeable group, so no one individual is indispensable.  That’s important because it means that no matter who’s there or not there on a given Wednesday, the clients areContinue reading “May 31, 2018”

Good evening, everybody – today we served a total of 25 families with 51 adults, 39 children and 8 seniors. While the pantry was in process, we were gifted with a donation of 32 boxes of Girl Scout cookies from Troop 2147 in Dobbs Ferry.  The cookies flew off the shelf like hotcakes. One ofContinue reading “May 9, 2018”

Good evening, everybody – Today we served a total of 23 families, including 36 adults, 29 children and 12 seniors. If you were at Stop & Shop on Saturday, you know that we were there all day asking customers to buy some food for the pantry and donate it to us as they were leaving. Continue reading “May 2, 2018”

Good morning, everyone.  My husband is slowly on the mend from his surgery, and I was able to be at the pantry yesterday evening.  In the morning the volunteers served a total of 22 families, including 37 adults, 19 children and 9 seniors.  Then in the evening we served another 11 families with 30 adultsContinue reading “April 26, 2018”

Good evening, everybody – This morning we served a total of 24 families, including 39 adults, 21 children and 15 seniors.  It’s a relief to be back in our weekly routine. This coming Sunday, April 8 there’s a concert to benefit the Midnight Run at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 59 Main Street inContinue reading “April 4, 2018”

Good evening, everybody – yesterday in the morning we served a total of 26 families, including 52 adults, 32 kids and 13 seniors.  In the evening we served another 13 families, including 23 adults, 26 children and 1 senior.  That brings us to a total of 39 families with 75 adults, 58 children and 14Continue reading “March 29, 2018”

Good afternoon, everybody – Today, for the third time this year, and the fourth time in the entire history of the pantry, we were closed due to another storm.  Surely, this is the last time, so that we can get back to regularly helping our hungry clients. Last Saturday Ellen represented the pantry at anContinue reading “March 21, 2018”

Good evening, everybody.  Since Benny and I weren’t at the pantry yesterday, here is Ellen’s e-mail, reporting what went on.  A special thanks to Carol Seischab for collecting the food donations from the bin at the Dobbs Ferry Library and bringing them to the pantry yesterday.  Carol talked to Elizabeth Hobson, the new director ofContinue reading “March 15, 2018”

Good evening, everybody – Yesterday, for the second time this year, we closed the pantry due to stormy weather.  We worry about people slipping and falling while trying to carry home bags of food.  Will winter ever end??   Last Wednesday, after the pantry was finished, we took Lyn out to lunch to celebrate herContinue reading “March 8, 2018”