The YARD HOUSE, at Ridge Hill, Yonkers has GREAT food – and they are generous. Their recent “round up” campaign, where customers rounded up their bills, generated extra pennies that added up to a $3,000 donation to the Food Bank. Thank you to the Yard House and your customers for helping to fight hunger in Westchester.

JANNEY. MONTGOMERY & SCOTT,
the financial services firm, recently donated blue backpacks and 3 foods - Mac&Cheese, Pringles, & canned apple juice -- to our BackPack Program -- weekend food for hungry children. So many Westchester kids are happy as a result. Thank you, Janney!

WALMART
In the days after Hurricane Sandy devastated the region, corporate generosity hit an all-time high. Retail giant Walmart made a generous donation of $50,000 to the Food Bank. Bunge donated $25,000. AT&T and Grainger each donated $10,000. Others contributed in various ways….

Thank you to TWO'S COMPANY,
275 Clearbrook Rd., Elmsford 10523 – www.twoscompany.com – for their generous donation of $29,240 from proceeds of their December Warehouse Charity Sale. Everyone who volunteered at or patronized the sale helped generate this donation. Thank you to Two’s Company and everyone who participated in the sale for a win-win event.

PANERA BREAD
Lowell Farkas, right, owner of a dozen Panera Bread bakery-cafe franchises in the NY area, presented a check for $15,000 to the Food Bank at the White Plains eatery recently. Katy Coppinger, Food Bank Sr. Director of Development, and Toby Ives, Interim Executive Director, happily accepted the donation.

FUJIFILM supported the Food Bank earlier this year with an online donation campaign and, more recently, these employees came to our warehouse for a food repack. Thank you, Fujifilm!

These employees from PHILIPS, the global electronics manufacturers, came to our warehouse for a food repack recently.

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The THOMAS & AGNES CARVEL FOUNDATION made a generous grant of $15,000 for the children’s BackPack Program, which provides bags of food for hungry children on weekends. Recent funding for this program also came from the Citizens Bank Foundation, KeyBank Foundation, People’s United Community Foundationand Ronald McDonald House.

Employees and horsemen from YONKERS RACEWAY packed a whopping 3,900 lbs. of navy beans and 1,560 dozen bagels in the warehouse August 21. Photo by Sean Hamrock.

Employees from CHUBB, the insurance giant, packed apples, eggplants and other fresh produce for Project Green Thumb recently.

Tarrytown-based Hitachi America held their 13th annual summer food drive and donated 5,004 lbs. of canned and boxed foods. Hitachi employees then came to our warehouse to sort and place the items on shelves in the Food Bank’s Agency Corner.

This group from Morgan Stanley helped out in our warehouse and Agency Corner recently. The Morgan Stanley Foundation is a 2012 Hunger Hero, winner of the Corporate Service Award. Thank you, Morgan Stanley!

These members of the Westchester Hotel Association repacked canned and packaged foods in our warehouse recently.

THANK YOU to US postal workers in Yonkers and Yonkers residents for donating 7,299 lbs. of food to the Food Bank during the May 2012 Stamp Out Hunger food drive! Many hungry people are grateful.

The Lipilekha Bangla Association (LBA), a Bengali cultural and educational organization based in Shrub Oak, presented a check for $2,500 to the Food Bank. Presenting the check is LBA Philanthropy Secretary Titania Gupta, left, and LBA President Idrani Basu, right

These interns from Regeneron, the biopharmaceutical company, helped out in the warehouse in early July.

First-time volunteers from Atria on the Hudson, a senior living community in Ossining, helped pack Backpack bags of food for hungry children recently. One of these handsome senior citizens is 92 years young!

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

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.

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

Wells Fargo Advisors recently donated $5,000 to the Food Bank. Pictured above, left to right are Wells Fargo Advisors’ Senior Vice-President Glenn K. Ziegler; Assistant to Mr. Ziegler Diana Fava; Managing Partner Paul Bronzo; Food Bank for Westchester Senior Director of Development Katy Coppinger and Executive Director Christina Rohatynskyj.

The Tarrytown branch of Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC, financial advisers, presented the Food Bank with a check for $1,500 on December 22. Pictured left to right: Raymond A. Kraus, Joseph Fenton, Food Bank Executive Director Christina Rohatynskyj, Donald DeAgazio, Anthony Falco, John Ruggiero, and Steve Libov. Photo by Lawrence Giodrano.

Pepsico Feeds America volunteers repacking elbow macaroni in our warehouse 9/29/11.

The FujiFilm team of volunteers in our warehouse for a recent repack.

Carolyn Winuk organized this 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance in the Food Bank warehouse September 7, 2011. Her brother-in-law was a first-responder to the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 and died that day.

Volunteers from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

In the Food Bank warehouse in June packing foods for the BackPack Program, which provides food for food-insecure children to take home on weekends.

Members of the New York State Society of CPA

Young CPAs in the Food Bank warehouse July 22 to repack mixed goods.

ZABOTIN BROTHERS RAISE OVER $2100 TO BENEFIT THE FOOD BANK

Sacha and Lucas Zabotin of Larchmont recently completed a 2,700-mile cross-country bicycle trip from Charleston, SC to San Diego, CA to benefit the Food Bank. The boys raised over $2,100 through sponsorships of their journey. This photo taken by their father, Mischa, shows Sacha and Lucas triumphant upon arriving in San Diego.

BANK OF AMERICA DONATION

The new Bank of America full-service banking center, 851 Kimball Ave., Yonkers, donated $20,000 to FBW. From left: Banking Center Manager Gelson Perez; Yonkers CAP Board President Symra Brandon; FBW Executive Director Christina Rohatynskyj; Bank of America Consumer Market Executive Kevin Martin; FBW Board President Spencer Barback; and FBW Sr Director of Development Katy Flint Coppinger.

BYRAM HILLS HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS

Members of the Byram Hills High School (Armonk) Food Bank Club came to the Food Bank warehouse to repack foods for distribution to hungry Westchester residents this spring.

HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS

Students from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua came to the Food Bank warehouse for a repack this spring. They are pictured here with FBW Executive Director Christina Rohatynskyj, center.

WESTCHESTER WINE EXPERIENCE

The Rotary Club of Pleasantville named Food Bank for Westchester beneficiary of the proceeds from the 11th Annual Westchester Wine Experience, held at Pace University, Pleasantville. The event featured wines from local vendors and distributors, beer from Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, plus delicious foods. Pictured here at center is Charles Pleasantville Rotary Club.

CURTIS INSTRUMENTS DONATION

Mount Kisco-based Curtis Instruments donated a high-tech label maker and companion software for use labeling products in the Food Bank warehouse. Curtis staff also provided technological support and training to Food Bank staff in using the label maker and sourcing label materials. Pictured here are Curtis Instruments employees, some with their children, who came to the Food Bank for Westchester warehouse for a repack.

SANDRA LEE VISIT TO FBW

Sandra Lee, Food Network TV host, magazine editor and book author, visited FBW January 31 as part of a statewide tour of Feeding America member programs to bring awareness to hunger. Accompanying her was Jennifer Logan from Sam's Club, who presented FBW with a $10,000 check. Here, Sandra Lee helps repack produce in the FBW warehouse.

SAM’S CLUB DONATION

Sam’s Club, a division of WalMart, Inc., presented a check for $10,000 to Food Bank for Westchester January 31. That money will be put to work helping to feed our hungry neighbors in the county. Left to right: FBW Board President Spencer Barback, Sam’s Club representative Jennifer Logan, and FBW Executive Director Christina Rohatynskyj.

WACHOVIA-WELLS FARGO DONATION

Grateful thanks to Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, for their generosity in giving FBW two grants totaling $65,000. The first grant of $25,000 will be used for emergency food distribution to purchase and deliver food to FBW's member programs. The second grant of $40,000 is for the Adopt-a-Pantry program, a pool of money from which member programs can draw to purchase food via lines of credit.

SNUGGIE^® BLANKETS DONATED

Hawthorne, NY-based AllStar Products Group donated 100,000 Snuggie® blankets to food banks in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut last winter. AllStar Products Group President Scott Boilen, who is also on FBW’s board, said: “Because families struggling to keep food on the table are also likely to have trouble paying heating bills, we donated Snuggie® blankets to benefit people who need them most.“ Modeling the Snuggies®, from left, are FBW volunteers Angela Usobiaga, of Pleasantville, Dianne Newman, of Scarsdale, and Cynthia Moro, of White Plains.

INAUGURAL SOUP

Mt. Kisco eatery Via Vanti is donating $1 from every bowl of its Inaugural Soup sold to FBW. Created by restaurant owner Carla Gambescia, “Lago di Cuomo” soup honors incoming governor and Mt. Kisco resident Andrew Cuomo while also paying tribute to the beautiful Northern Italian resort Lake Como. A healthful puree of warming winter greens served with a crostini topped with goat cheese, chopped tomato and fresh basil, the soup is vegan, non-dairy and (upon request) gluten free. Thanks to Via Vanti for their generosity.

STOP & SHOP FOOD FOR FRIENDS

Thank you to Stop & Shop customers who donated to the Food for Friends campaign this year. Over $2 million was raised – a 40% increase over 2009. Food Bank for Westchester is one of four food banks in NY and one of 14 in the Northeast to benefit from these donations. Stop & Shop will be donating $22,350 to FBW, which will be used to help feed the thousands of families in Westchester who are hungry or food insecure. FBW is grateful to Stop & Shop for supporting this campaign and to their generous customers for participating.

PATRICK’S PUB, WHITE PLAINS

FBW thanks Patrick’s Pub,  36 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, for holding a fundraiser that generated more than $12,000 for the Food Bank for Westchester. Owner PJ Collins and his customers who participated in the fundraising event at the pub are to be commended for their generosity. Stop by and toast to them. Cheers!

KRAFT FOODS

Employees from Kraft worked in the FBW warehouse in October 2010 as part of their ‘Making a Delicious Difference’ campaign to fight hunger. This energetic group repacked over 1,200 lbs. of cereal flakes that day.

NOKIA HELPING HANDS

Volunteers from Nokia, White Plains, repacked fresh produce and cereal in the Food Bank warehouse for delivery to food pantries and other hunger-relief programs throughout Westchester.

ALISON AWERBUCH

We are proud that former Food Bank board member and staunch supporter Alison Awerbuch, Partner, Abigail Kirsch Catering Relationships, was selected by Westchestermagazine.com as one of Westchester’s Best Minds for the “21 Big Ideas” feature (December 2010). Her Big Idea is to “Ensure No One Goes Hungry.” Click here to read her wise words on this timely subject.

GO, BRUCE!

FBW Board Member Bruce Wilson, of North Creek Advisors, participated in a triathlon and solicited sponsorship donations from friends and colleagues with proceeds coming to the Food Bank. He generated nearly $4,000 in donations. Thanks much, Bruce, and congratulations on your success in the triathlon.

Webster Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS) recently donated $10,000 to the Food Bank’s Emergency Food Distribution Program. Pictured in the FBW warehouse with Executive Director Christina Rohatynskyj, left, is Webster Bank’s Vice-President for Community Affairs Kathy Luria.

Staff from W.W. Grainger, Inc. presented the Food Bank with a $5,000 donation from the Grainger Foundation to support our Emergency Food Distribution program. Pictured from left to right: Jackie Gudmand, Sales Team Leader; Nick Zolotarev, Sales Specialist; Katy Coppinger, FBW Director of Development; Michael Williamsson, Local Branch Manager; and Pat Reino, FBW Administrative Assistant.