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Good afternoon, everybody – Yesterday in the morning we served a total of 26 families, including 40 adults, 41 children and 9 seniors.  Then in the evening Benny and I served another 5 families with 10 adults, 5 children and 2 seniors.  That brings us to 31 families with 50 adults, 46 children and 11Continue reading “August 31, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – Today we served a total of 19 families, including 31 adults, 25 children and 5 seniors. We’ve gotten another check from Share Your Wish, which is an Irvington-based organization through which children can encourage guests coming to their birthday parties to donate money to the food pantry instead of buying aContinue reading “August 23, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – Today we served a total of 34 families, including 57 adults, 46 children and 7 seniors. We were visited again by Berta Diaz from the Westchester Hispanic Coalition, and this time an attorney from WHC came with her.  They were with us the whole time, and several people had questions forContinue reading “August 16, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – Today we served a total of 33 families, including 53 adults, 44 children and 10 seniors. We volunteers hold a brief meeting every Wednesday morning before the pantry opens, and this morning we discussed again the request made by some of the clients for us to be open from 9:00-12:00 insteadContinue reading “August 9, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – Today we served a total of 26 families, including 40 adults, 28 children and 6 seniors. Berta Diaz of the Westchester Hispanic Coalition was with us again today, although she didn’t arrive until around 11:00, so she missed a lot of the clients.  It turns out she did an internship atContinue reading “August 2, 2017”

Good morning, everybody – Yesterday in the morning we served a total of 30 families, including 48 adults, 37 children and 8 seniors.  Then in the evening we served another 10 families, including 21 adults, 16 children and 2 seniors, for a total of 40 families, 69 adults, 53 children and 10 seniors.  We averagedContinue reading “July 27, 2017”

Good morning, everybody – Yesterday we served a total of 38 families, including 65 adults, 56 children and 6 seniors.  On the third Wednesday of the month we give out flour and oil in addition to the foods we routinely stock.  It’s expensive, so we can only afford to offer it once a month.  EvenContinue reading “July 20, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – neither Lyn nor I were at the pantry today, yet it ran like a well-oiled machine.  We served 27 families today, including 44 adults, 38 children and 7 seniors. In addition to the produce from the CSA today, there was also fresh fruit, which we ordered from Stop & Shop’s Peapod,Continue reading “July 12, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – today we served a total of 26 families, including 39 adults, 32 children and 8 seniors. Carol needed a hand truck to bring all the food donated this week by Zion Episcopal Church in Dobbs Ferry.  It turns out that a family affiliated with Zion had a party and encouraged allContinue reading “July 5, 2017”