MOUNT KISKO- The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, recently presented a check for $2,000 to the Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, which serves 21 communities in northern Westchester County.
The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry has helped alleviate food insecurity in northern Westchester for over 32 years as a reliable, weekly source of nutritious food and complementary programs and services. Families in need may visit weekly and select from ample amounts of healthy grocery staples, fresh produce, eggs, frozen whole proteins like chicken and fish, shelf-stable milk and other dairy items.
Free programs designed to promote the health and well-being of Pantry families are also offered, including cooking demonstrations, parenting and nutrition classes, health screenings, flu shots and vaccines, recipe sharing, and assistance with accessing additional support services. In addition, the Pantry offers home delivery for the homebound.
“Our Pantry has experienced a shocking surge of demand in the past few years,” explained Trina Fontaine, the Pantry’s Executive Director. “Prior to COVID an average of 300 households per week relied on the Pantry, but that number has more than doubled with inflation hitting our vulnerable neighbors the hardest. We now serve over 600 families weekly.”
In 2022, nearly 64,000 individuals received the pantry’s help and this year they anticipate serving 90,000 individuals –the most in its history. “We are grateful to Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation – a leader in philanthropic outreach in our community – for their generous gift, which will be used to stock our Pantry with enough nutritionally dense shelf-stable milk to serve nearly 2,000 guests, 30% of whom are children,” added Fontaine.
Since 2014, the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation has donated thousands of dollars to charities and non-profits throughout Hudson Valley. As concerned members of the communities we work in, the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation participates in qualified community-based charities who serve the housing, hunger, health, happiness, and humane needs of citizens everywhere.
