Emma writes: Here’s a short video about my Christmas in the Philippines. Whether you’re sweating in the Philippines or shivering through a Boston blizzard, sending island sun to you as you...
Our Mission
Dry Beans for the Food Pantry – January 2018
As you know, we now have a Full Choice model at the Food Pantry, where our clients can choose items that best fulfill the needs of their household. We buy food in bulk from the Westchester Food...
Help the Food Pantry with the “Item of the Month”
As you know, we now have a Full Choice model at the Food Pantry, where our clients can choose items that best fulfill the needs of their household. We buy food in bulk from the Westchester Food Bank,...
The Knit Togethers Make the Holidays Bright
The Knit Togethers knit over 200 items a year. They began in 2003, and since 2006 they have operated as part of the Mission Commission. In 2017 they gave 170 lap blankets and sweaters to Somers Manor...
YAV Emma – What Peace?
Emma writes: So what do I believe? This year is an excuse to declare myself a constant learner, or, a student of planet earth, a phrase coined by an artist I met here. But in all honesty, I really don’t...
YAV Emma’s Video About Her Life in the Philippines
See Emma’s video of a typical day for her in the Philippines here. On Sunday, August 27, 2017, we commissioned Elizabeth Welliver and Emma Warman, who dedicate a year of their lives to learn what...
W.S.Jeung’s Taekwando Families Donate to our Food Pantry
W.S.Jeung’s Taekwando in Yorktown recently held a food drive where families of students at the school donated non-perishable food for our food pantry. The students created a “bucket brigade”...
YAV Elizabeth: Death and Life in the Borderlands
Elizabeth (who is serving in Austin, Texas) writes: Last week, I had the opportunity to return to the Arizona borderlands with a delegation of Young Adult Volunteers from Austin, Tucson, and Albuquerque....
Toys for Teens 2017
Each year we encourage gifts for older children both for the Bedford program as well as the Toys for Tots program, which often has more gifts for younger children than for older. Some examples are sports equipment,...
Toys for Tots 2017
We need new unwrapped toys for young children for our Food Pantry Toys for Tots distribution. We usually request gifts for older children for this effort. This year we have been told by the Marines, who...