Jazz talents step up to benefit food pantry

Jazz talents step up to benefit food pantry
David Janeway at his home in Hastings

The Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry is holding its first-ever, in-person jazz benefit concert in support of its continuing mission to address local hunger. The event, on Sunday, Feb. 2, will take place at South Presbyterian Church, where volunteers distribute provisions to about 100 families every week. 

The food pantry has been operating from the church since 2011. Co-directors and Dobbs Ferry residents Donna Assumma and Vera Halpenny have 30 volunteers signed up to help pack and give out fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and other products on the lawn outside the church every Wednesday, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. 

“The loyalty and the dedication of our volunteers are unparalleled,” Assumma told the Dispatch. “It’s amazing. Even during these really bitter cold days, whether it’s snowing, raining, it doesn’t matter — 100-degree heat, we’re out there. Nobody gets paid. There’s no administrative overhead, so anybody who’s donating to the pantry knows it’s going to the good of the people who are in need.”

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