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  Hello, everybody – Wednesday morning we served a total of 30 families, including 54 adults, 44 children and 6 seniors.  Then in the evening we served another 15 families of 25 adults, 18 children and 4 seniors. This means we served a total of 45 families with 79 adults, 62 children and 10 seniors.Continue reading “June 2, 2017”

  Good afternoon, everybody – today we served a total of 20 families, including 35 adults, 21 children and 4 seniors. Last Saturday Lyn and I and our husbands attended a meeting in Ossining about immigration issues.  Afterwards they put on a cantata entitled “Manos Indocumentadas” (Undocumented Hands).  It was so well done that we’reContinue reading “May 24, 2017”

Good evening, everybody – today we served a total of 34 families, including 58 adults, 42 children and 8 seniors. Today we were visited by an organization by the name of the Westchester Hispanic Coalition.  Two young women set up a table and gave information and flyers out to those clients who expressed interest.  TheContinue reading “May 17, 2017”

Good afternoon, everybody – today we served a total of 30 families, including 57 adults, 39 children and 6 seniors. Due to a scheduling confusion, the Cassatt String Quartet was scheduled to rehearse for Sunday’s concert this morning while the pantry was going on in the sanctuary.  Our pantry clients got to listen in onContinue reading “May 10, 2017”

Troop 1694 from Dobbs Ferry Middle School, in front of many boxes of Girl Scout cookies (including gluten-free Toffee-tastic) being donated to the pantry.  Everybody loves Girl Scout cookies!  Thanks so much to the girls, their parents and troop leaders Tess McDade and Michelle Wurf.

I hit “send” a little too quickly before I was able to add that, on top of everything else, the Dobbs Ferry Senior Center gave us a donation not only of an entire bin full of food but also a container of backpacks. Abby Connett, the Director, wasn’t sure who donated those backpacks to the Center, but byContinue reading “May 3, 2017”

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!