Thanks For All You Give By Duke Coffey I’ve been with the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry for seven years, about what you’d expect to get in New York State for 3rd-degree burglary with one prior conviction. It’s my view that over all that time this Thanksgiving was the best that you – yes, YOU –Continue reading “December 2025”
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November 2025
“Oh! — fruit loved of boyhood! — the old days recalling… When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin, Glaring out through the dark with a candle within!” — John Greenleaf Whittier, The Pumpkin In my 79 years, I’ve come across only one friend who didn’t like to eat. Sure, John knew he hadContinue reading “November 2025”
October 2025
On Wednesday mornings, the Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry opens its door to our friends and neighbors on the grounds of South Presbyterian Church. On these Wednesday mornings, the ambience is delightful, similar to a gathering of friends all warmly greeting each other and catching up on the latest news. A member of our pantry hasContinue reading “October 2025”
September 2025
The pantry T-shirt is popular with volunteers and supporters. Mark Your Calendar: A Fundraiser with Live MusicSunday, September 14 from 2–4pm Greetings from Anywhere musicians have long performed in the city and around the Hudson Valley, blending folk, blues, bluegrass and country into a roots-rock hybrid. We’re thrilled that they’re hosting a fundraiser for theContinue reading “September 2025”
August 2025
Welcome. We’re Neighbors Helping Neighbors The Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry is one of 60,000 pantries and meal programs that are part of the Feeding America network. That’s a whopping number, and it means that food pantries play an important role in communities across the country, especially in low-income areas that lack stores offering healthy, affordableContinue reading “August 2025”
July 2025
Gettin’ by with Some Help from Our Friends Pantry volunteers love it when people in the community drop off donations of food and diapers on Wednesday mornings and take a minute to introduce themselves. Volunteers meet the most wonderful people while providing food for our neighbors in need. We’d like to meet more of ourContinue reading “July 2025”
June 2025
Good News, Bad News, and So Many Thank-you’s! A rainy Wednesday can’t dampen our spirits In the NewsWe had an inspiring visit with Ciara Mulligan, Advocacy Manager at Feeding Westchester— a food bank and one of our main suppliers. Regular readers know that federal budget cuts have had a deep impact on their fresh produceContinue reading “June 2025”
May 2025
Here’s What Cuts in Federal Aid to Food Banks Looks Like at Our Pantry Our shelves were well-stocked before the USDA cut aid to Feeding Westchester and other food banks, which procure food then distribute to food pantries. At right, one of our shelves recently. This could be a story about a bunch of numbers:Continue reading “May 2025”
April 2025
March came in like a lion and roared much of the month. However, the pantry was able to return outside for most Wednesdays. We’re also seeing an uptick of families needing our help. The Ides of March, while not as unkind to the pantry as they were to Julius Caesar, did bring some misfortune inContinue reading “April 2025”
March 2025
Shames Jewish Community Center Delivers Huge Donation Rabbi Ron Symons, at left, senior director of Jewish engagement at the Shames Jewish Community Center in Tarrytown, wowed pantry volunteers Duke Coffey, at right, and co-director Vera Halpenny with the size and number of gift boxes for our clients. Four JCC staffers and a school bus wereContinue reading “March 2025”
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