Monthly Food Bank Open In Verplanck

From The Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

The Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, a nonprofit social and civic group established in 1922, is hosting a monthly food pantry. Hundreds of pounds of non-perishable food items were donated by area residents on New Years Day, January 1, 2019 at Mount Carmel Hall, 155 Highland Avenue at Eighth Street in Verplanck. The food pantry opened Saturday, January 12 and will continue on the second Saturday of each month.

The Mt Carmel Food Pantry will be Saturday, February 9th from 8 – 10 AM in the lower level of Mt. Carmel Hall, 8th Street entrance in Verplanck. Families from Verplanck, Montrose, Buchanan and Cortlandt Manor are invited to shop for a large bag of free groceries. No identification is necessary.

Donations will be accepted during pantry hours. The items most needed are: applesauce, canned and dried beans, canned chicken, canned fish, canned ham, canned vegetables, olive oil, crackers, dried herbs and spices, canned or dried fruit, granola bars, instant mashed potatoes, nuts, pasta, peanut butter, rice, shelf-stable and powdered milk, canned soup, stew and chili, whole grain cereal. Diapers and paper products are also needed along with brown paper and cloth bags.

Please, no junk food, glass jars or plastic bags!

Email MtCarmelFoodPantry@gmail.com and visit www.olmcv.org for more information.

The Mt. Carmel Food Pantry will be open from 8 AM – 10 AM:

• February 9
• March 9
• April 13
• May 11
• June 8
• July 13
• August 10
• September 14
• October 12
• November 9
• December 14