Dear Wonderful Volunteers, One of the things I love about being a volunteer and a Board Member is the opportunity to meet so many caring people. Some people I’ve recently met are the young farmers at The Farm Upstream, in Jericho, who have given us weekly deliveries of food for our clients. I also had...Read More

Dear Volunteers, “Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.” Author Unknown. Let’s start with the good news. This month we received 1895 pounds of food and personal products from three...Read More

Dear Friends, At our Annual Meeting, we discussed the challenges we face with rising numbers of clients and costs, as well as the fact that our building is for sale.  New clients are signing up all the time, and some clients who haven’t visited in a long time are coming back.  One way we are...Read More

Dear VIV’s, (Very Important Volunteers), First, I want to remind you all that our annual meeting is January 10, at 6:00pm. This meeting is where members of the board whose terms are expiring are up for revote and new members are voted on. Many of us on the board now are up for re-election because...Read More

Dear Friends, Tis the season for thanksgiving, and I am so grateful for each one of our volunteers, and for each one of our donors. I’m also thankful for the sense of purpose we share, that together we make a difference in our community.  According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The purpose of life … is...Read More