Today marks the start of National Nutrition Month, and our partner at the Food Bank for Westchester have created this handy-dandy calendar for healthy, nutritious eating and activities for the month.
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March is National Nutrition Month!
Tuesday, February 28th, 2017Fill Chill: Food Drive Party
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
Chill Wine Bar on Beacon’s Main Street hosts their annual food drive and party on Friday, November 18th from 7 pm onward. Help feed local people in need by bringing canned, boxed or other non-perishable foods, toiletry items, or household cleansers. For every item you bring, you’ll get a raffle ticket to (hopefully) win a prize!
Plus, Chill will donate a portion of sales at the bar to HVCS, so make sure to order a few rounds or a few snacks.
Fabulous local DJ duo Prephab plays your disco, 80’s, and pop music favorites all night.
HVCS’ emergency food pantries are always in need of:
- canned goods
- holiday meal fixings (cranberry sauce, stuffing, soup mixes, etc)
- pasta and other grains
- low-sodium soups
- tuna fish
- cereal
- toothpaste and toothbrushes
- shaving cream
- shampoo and conditioner
- moisturizer
- laundry detergent
- bleach
- cleaning products
- reusable grocery bags
Empty Bowls 2016
Friday, February 19th, 2016
Fighting the war against hunger, one bowl at a time ~
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 13TH ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS BENEFIT DINNER!!!
This year’s Empty Bowls dinner will be on Friday, April 15th, 2016. It will be held from 5:00 – 7:30 PM in the cafeteria at the Rondout Valley High School in Accord, NY (on Kyserike Road, 1/4 mile off Route 209).
Empty Bowls is an annual benefit dinner held in Accord, New York. Empty Bowls raises money for starving families throughout the Hudson Valley. At Empty Bowls you can purchase a ceramic bowl made by local Rondout Valley High School students and professional artists. Once purchased, you can choose from a wide variety of soups and ice creams to fill your bowl with. All soups, ice creams, breads, and beverages are generously donated by local businesses throughout Ulster County. In past years Empty Bowls has managed to raise over ten thousand dollars!
Proceeds will be given to four local food pantries. The pantries being sponsored this year are the Rondout Valley, Rosendale, Rochester, and HVCS of Kingston Food Pantries. It is with the aid of these pantries that many families throughout Ulster County are able to experience the gift of food, a gift that many of us often take for granted.
Every little bit counts. Every dollar, every bowl, every person. In order to win the war against hunger we must all join the fight together. It takes an individual to make a difference; a group of people to make an impact; a community to change the world. So come and join the Empty Bowls community. United we will fight the war against hunger, one bowl at a time!
ShopRite Donations Roll In
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
HVCS has been the lucky recipient of several donations from ShopRite/Price Rite and Wakefern’s Partners in Caring initiative over the past week! Today, ShopRite of Scarsdale donated an overflowing cart of nonperishable foods for our emergency food closets. Catholic Charities helped them collect the food.
We also learned that our Monticello and Newburgh offices have each received a $1,000 credit at the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York thanks to the Partners in Caring program. Funds came through ShopRite in Monticello and in Vails Gate. We are extremely grateful for ShopRite’s ongoing support for our emergency food closets!
Bear Feast
Friday, October 30th, 2015
A Thanksgiving Eve food drive to benefit HVCS’ emergency food closets
Join the Hudson Valley Bears at Bar 49 (next to/behind Union Tavern) at 49 Market St. in Poughkeepsie for a pre-Turkey Day dance party with a purpose! DJ duo Prephab keeps the party going with fun disco beats. Bring non-perishable foods (heck, bring a whole bag!) to help fill HVCS’ food closets for the holidays.
See who’s going and RSVP on the event’s Facebook page.
Fill Chill: Food Drive & Mixer
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
Join the guys behind the bar at Chill Wine Bar in Beacon on Friday, November 20, 2015 all night long for a food drive for HVCS! Help “Fill Chill” with non-perishable food, toiletries and household cleaning products for our emergency food closets. While you’re there, sample craft beers and assorted wines, or grab a cheese platter or something from the panini menu–and with Chill donating a percentage of your tab to HVCS, why not order another? Superior Sounds will provide fun disco beats.
This event is open to everyone, and it happens to fall on Chill’s new LGBT Mixer night (the third Friday of the month). It’s a party for a purpose for all!
Empty Bowls Returns for 2015
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015If you’re like us (and so many of our supporters) you love when local food combines with local charity…that’s why Empty Bowls at Rondout Valley High School is such a great event! Now in its 12th year, Empty Bowls unites hard-working art students, local restaurants, food pantries and Ulster County residents who want to do good. On Friday, April 17th, hundreds of generous guests gather at Rondout Valley for an all-you-can-eat soup and ice cream buffet. For a $15 donation, choose from a one-of-a-kind handmade bowl and get your fill–or opt for a $5 paper bowl. You get to take home your beautiful bowl when you’re done! All proceeds benefit local food pantries including HVCS. We recommend getting there early, since the handmade bowls go quickly. Check out all the details on the event page or go to www.emptybowls.webs.com.
Sofregit’s Live Cooking Demo for THRIVES
Thursday, January 8th, 2015On January 8, 2015, local business owner Carla Ramos stopped by our Poughkeepsie office with Chef Chris for a live Sofregit cooking demo. The duo used their locally-made cooking bases to prepare quick, easy and, most importantly, healthy dishes for clients in our THRIVES nutrition program. The chefs had us laughing and saying “yum!” throughout the demo. Thanks to Sofregit for providing such a great educational demo!
Visit Sofregit online and look for their fresh products at local stores.
A Delicious Donation from Sofregit
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
Carla Ramos of Sofregit (and creator of the Hairdressers’ Disco Ball) whirled into our new Poughkeepsie office’s food pantry with a donation of freshly-made herb butters and mayo and coconut oil spreads. She explained how to easily boost the flavors of countless meals to THRIVES Nutrition Coordinator Krista Mason. Krista will be able to add the refrigerated spreads to clients’ pantry bags for the holidays. Our deepest appreciation to Sofregit for your generosity!
Interfaith Coalition Donates Gift Bags, Household Cleaners
Friday, December 5th, 2014
On Friday, December 5th, volunteers with the Interfaith Coalition, a group of inter-linked religious congregations in Westchester, dropped off 60 beautifully packaged gift bags for HVCS clients. Gift bags contained such goodies as warm hats, scarves, ear muffs, and toys for children, and each is carefully labeled for an adult man, woman, boy or girl. (We love that Interfaith packed these items in gift bags rather than wrapping paper, so our care managers can ensure that each bag goes to an appropriate recipient.)
Another congregation held a Thanksgiving collection of laundry detergents and household cleansers. These items are very expensive for families with limited income (like the majority of our clients), and most food banks don’t stock cleansers at all. We are grateful that Interfaith heeded the call for these hard-to-find items for our neediest clients and their families.
If your group is interested in holding a food drive, toiletry drive, or household cleanser collection, please call us for assistance. If your company or group would like to adopt an HVCS client family or donate unwrapped gifts, just let us know and we can help spread the word!