SPONSORED PROGRAMS
The following programs are made possible by significant support from corporate grants, sponsorships, and contributions from businesses of all sizes. Together, we address the urgent challenge of food insecurity impacting working families, individuals, and seniors in the Northern Westchester community.
School’s Out Supplement (SOS)
While school is out for the summer, children who rely on school-provided free or reduced-cost lunches experience a nutrition gap. In response, in 2019 The Pantry launched the “School’s Out Supplement” (SOS) program”. This popular 10-week summer program provides extra lunch food items for families with school-age children.
Since launching in 2019, SOS has served more than 27,600 children. Last summer alone, 3,962 children benefited from the program, and enough food was distributed to provide nearly 12,000 meals. Today, The Pantry is serving 458 children every week, and we anticipate helping at least 5,000 children this summer - a 26% increase over last year.
Help provide extra lunch food for children while school is out.
Morning Fuel Up
In partnership with Neighbors Link and sponsored by Mariano Rivera Toyota in Mount Kisco, this program serves freshly prepared hot breakfasts to an average of 21 hardworking neighbors, six days per week, all year long. In 2025, Morning Fuel Up provided approximately 6,650 meals. This breakfast initiative fuels the participants with nourishment as well as a sense of community to sustain them during the day ahead.
The Worby Sustenance for Seniors Program
Approximately eighty homebound seniors benefit from biweekly home deliveries made by The Pantry volunteers. Together, they receive the equivalent of 18,720 meals annually. Every bi-weekly home delivery brings more than just nutritious food - it delivers comfort, care, and connection through a friendly visit by a Pantry volunteer. This lifeline of support is made possible thanks to the generous multi-year leadership gift made by The David Worby Charitable Foundation. According to David Worby: “Isolation of Seniors in our society, particularly those less advantaged, creates many challenges. Many are not mobile and struggle to find nutritional food. Older people are more susceptible to health problems from lack of healthy foods, so by providing nutritious food to them, we are enhancing their well-being and nourishing them as well.”
For more information, please contact development@thepantryny.org.
Thank you for helping to nourish our neighbors in need.