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Good morning, everybody – yesterday we served a record 159 families, including 320 adults, 193 children and 59 seniors, bringing us to 572 people served.  Our delivery volunteers also made a record 49 deliveries.  Now that people are finally starting to receive vaccinations, maybe some will be able to go back to work, which meansContinue reading “March 18, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – Yesterday we served 138 families with 275 adults, 169 children and 49 seniors, for a total of 493 people.  Our hardworking delivery people made 47 deliveries. Many of our volunteers have now had their first vaccine, and will be receiving their second shots in a couple of weeks.  And quite aContinue reading “March 11, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – This past Wednesday we served 133 families, including 271 adults, 156 children and 45 seniors, bringing us to 472 people served.  Our delivery people reached another record – 47 deliveries made to families in Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and elsewhere. We were visited by Ken Stahn of Ardsley United Methodist again thisContinue reading “March 5, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – This past Wednesday in the morning we served 136 families, consisting of 273 adults, 176 children and 47 seniors, amounting to 491 people served.  Then in the evening we served another 9 families with 20 adults, 9 children and 3 seniors for a total of 32 people.  This brought us toContinue reading “February 26, 2021”

Here is important information about the well-known Hilltop Thrift Shop at Zion Episcopal Church, 55 Cedar Street in Dobbs Ferry: The Thrift Shop is now open from Monday through Saturday (closed Sunday) between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Due to COVID, only two shoppers are allowed in at a time (wearing aContinue reading “February 22, 2021 – Hilltop Thrift Shop at Zion Episcopal Church”

Good afternoon, everybody – This past Wednesday was a nice day again, and we were able to serve 115 families, consisting of 234 adults, 148 children and 37 seniors, for a total of 419 people.  A record 42 deliveries were made to people who, due to illness, quarantine or some other issue, couldn’t get toContinue reading “February 19, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – Last Wednesday we were not able to open the Food Pantry due to the storm.  This has only happened a couple of times in the ten years since we’ve been open, but now that the pantry is outdoors we’re much more vulnerable to bad weather.  This was the year when weContinue reading “February 11, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – This past Wednesday we served 152 families, including 306 adults, 196 children and 56 seniors, for a total of 558 people served.  Our beloved delivery volunteers took food to 37 families.  In January we served a total of 461 families and 1,669 people.  We averaged 115 families and 417 people perContinue reading “January 29, 2021”

Good afternoon, everybody – Yesterday we served 93 families, including 186 adults, 125 children and 33 seniors, for a total of 344 people served.  Our stalwart delivery volunteers made 34 deliveries to clients who couldn’t get to the pantry. Sadly, I must start on a tragic note.  In December a young family and their childrenContinue reading “January 21, 2021”