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Good afternoon, everybody – today we served a total of 23 families, including 39 adults, 25 children and 6 seniors. This week we received a check from the Church of St. Barnabas in Irvington in response to our application for a grant from them.  St. Barnabas is one of the most generous churches we haveContinue reading “May 3, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – Yesterday in the morning we served a total of 17 families, including 26 adults, 23 children and 5 seniors.  Then in the evening we served another 17 families with 29 adults, 19 children and 3 seniors.  So, the total was 34 families with 55 adults, 42 children and 8 seniors.  WeContinue reading “April 27, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – yesterday we served a total of 35 families, including 63 adults, 44 children and 8 seniors. The Director of the Irvington Library, Rosemarie Gatzek, has contacted me to tell me that her office is full of donated shelf-stable food again.  It’s amazing how generous the patrons of that library are.  We’llContinue reading “April 20, 2017”

Easter bags brought by the children of the Church of St. Barnabas for the children of the pantry clients.  Thanks kids!

Good afternoon, everybody – This morning we served a total of 35 families, including 59 adults, 52 children and 10 seniors.  We had three more hams to give out from the Dobbs Ferry Woman’s Club, so those clients went home happy. Plus everyone got a gift card, due to the generosity of the parishioners ofContinue reading “April 12, 2017”

Lyn and Molly being interviewed about the Pantry at Greenburgh Town Hall by intern Noor Brewster.  Thanks, Noor and thanks, Paul Feiner.  The show will be shown on the Greenburgh Public Access channel some time in May.  It’s channel 75 for Cablevision and channel 34 for FIOS.  If you visit the Greenburgh website at http://www.greenburghpublicaccess.com,Continue reading “April 10, 2017”

Bags and bags and bags of food – all from the food drive yesterday at Stop & Shop, sponsored by the Food Bank for Westchester.  We ended up with 2,150 pounds of food!!!  Now to sort it all.  

Good afternoon, everyone – This past Wednesday I wasn’t at the pantry, but the volunteers carried it on like a well-oiled machine.  They served a total of 19 families, including 28 adults, 20 children and 7 seniors.  We’re slowly attracting more seniors to the pantry. Several hams, plus other foods, were donated to us byContinue reading “April 7, 2017”

A group of students from Ardsley H.S. came to the pantry with their teachers, Regina Dosso and Kathy Constan.  They learned about hunger in the Rivertowns, and brought bags of food, cleaning supplies and paper goods for our clients.  Thanks to the students as well as their parents and teachers for being concerned about foodContinue reading “April 3, 2017”