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The mission of the Food Bank for Westchester is to lead, engage and educate Westchester County in creating a hunger-free environment.
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Who IS Helping Us
Ricard Volunteers

This handsome group is from Crown Relocations, of Danbury, CT – they volunteered for a repack in our warehouse recently.

CitiBank Warehouse Volunteers

Sarah Lawrence athletes sorted donated food for the Food Bank’s new Member’s Corner, where front-line hunger-relief programs can “shop” for food goods in quantities smaller than a caseload.

Thank you, Pernod Ricard…

Ricard Volunteers

Pernod Ricard employees came to the new Food Bank warehouse recently to repack pasta shells – thanks for your help, Pernod Ricard!

Citibank Staff in the Food Bank Warehouse

CitiBank Warehouse Volunteers

Citibank employees from the Sanford I. Weill Center

for Strategy & Executive Development at a recent

food repack in the Food Bank warehouse.

BRONXVILLE WOMEN'S CLUB DONATION

Bronxville Women's ClubDonation

Thank you to the Bronxville Women’s Club (BWC) for their recent donation of over $1,500 from various fundraising activities. Left to right: BWC CFO Kathy DeRusso, Food Bank Executive Director Christina Rohatynskyj, BWC President Freya Ruegsegger, and Food Bank Senior Director of Development Katy Coppinger.

FOOD DRIVES & DONATIONS

The Food Bank relies on donations of food from the community. Thanks for recent food drives to:

Allison Adamiak

Allison Adamiak, owner/ esthetician of Balance Day Spa, White Plains…

Tarrytown House Estate Hotel

Tarrytown House Estate Hotel & Conference Center staff, and…

Weekday Nursery School

Weekday Nursery School

(New Rochelle) Director

Nikki Guida and the school's

children and families.

 

BANK OF AMERICA: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

Thank you for donating to Bank of America’s Gift for Opportunity Fund. For every $1 donated, Bank of America gave $2 – a two for one match! -- to Feeding America and local food banks.

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HUNGER HEROES BREAKFAST

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Provide support to the 2012 Hunger Heroes Award Breakfast with your sponsorship. We have many sponsorship opportunities – please click here for details.
VIEW OUR 8-MIN VIDEO

Thank you to Matthew David Wachsman who donated his expertise and time to create this video

2011 HUNGER HEROES
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Hunger Heroes

2011 Hunger Heroes: From left: Steven Hunt, Dobbs Ferry Sacred Heart Food for the Hungry, Volunteer Award; Shawn Patterson-Howard, Executive Director, Yonkers Family YMCA, Service Provider Award; Jean McGovern, Corporate Giving Manager, MBIA Foundation, Corporate Service Award; and Scott Earl, Associate Store Team Leader, Whole Foods Market-White Plains, Donor Award.

GOLDEN SCOOP CORPORATE COMPETITION 2011
Stop & Shop

Stop & Shop Supermarkets – the winning team!

Community Partners

WFAS

WFAS regularly broadcasts news and information

about FBW.

WDFH-FMWDFH-FM 90.3community public radio for the lower Hudson River valley, a not-for-profit, noncommercial news, public affairs and music station.


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THE GRAND OPENING EVENT WAS WONDERFUL!

Food Bank Grand Opening of new location in Elmsford

THANK YOU to...

News12 Westchester News Director Janine Rose

for emceeing the event

and News 12 Westchester for covering it...

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter

Tom Chapin and Michael Mark

for their awesome musical performance...

Pepsico for providing the beverages and signage...

Chartwells for providing and hosting the reception...

Matthew David Wachsman for videotaping...

Dennis Noskin Architects and Christine Peterson

for the Donor Wall....

Mack-Cali for their help with parking & logistics...

Food Bank Board President Rick Rakow...

and first Board President & Current Board Member

Joe Masterson...

Food Bank Board Members Debbie McCarthy

and Lucille Werlinich

and all Food Bank Board Members...

The 227 Food Bank Member Programs....

The Food Bank staff....

Food Bank friends and supporters who generously donated funds to help us pay to renovate and equip the new facility....

And Pat Lanza whose philanthropy and generosity

made it all happen.

THANK YOU ALL!

THANK YOU!

Lanza

Thanks to YOU, we made it!

THANK YOU to everyone who joined the Lanza Challenge and donated to the campaign….. Because of you, we made our goal of $750,000 to renovate and equip the larger warehouse in Elmsford….

Your contributions will help us get more food out to more hungry people in 2012. We can’t thank you enough for your generous support….

Watch for information re: our official opening at 200 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523….

FOOD GROWING PROGRAM
A new growing season begins… Pictured here is garlic growing at one of the Food Bank’s five Food Growing partner sites, the Leake & Watts Residential Campus in Yonkers, March 2012.

To read Farmer Doug’s logs, click here

For more information about the Food Growing Program, click here

Nutrition Tips

Nutrition Resource Manager Sara Cox has provided these timely tips about food growing, preparation and safety on warm summer days:

 

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