Smithtown Sill Food Pantry, Named For Late Teacher, Opens At HS West

SMITHTOWN, NY — The Sill Pantry at Smithtown High School West is set to open to the public each Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The pantry will provide families an opportunity to pick up non-perishable food and toiletries, according to the Smithtown School District.

Students from the F.A.S.T. program help stock the shelves. The program will continue until summer school ends on Monday, Aug. 15 and will resume in the fall.

For those who would like to contribute items to the pantry, a collection bin is inside the visitor’s entrance at Smithtown High School West, at 100 Central Road, Smithtown.

The Sill Pantry is named after Greg Sill, a former history teacher at Smithtown High School West
who died in March 2021.

His wife, Elizabeth, launched the Greg Sill "Be the coffee bean" Memorial Fund soon after his death. The fund has raised more than $64,000.

The fund is meant to provide scholarships to students who exemplify the Greg Sill life: goodness, positivity and kindness, according to Elizabeth. Funds will also be donated to charity.

"I hope this fund continues for many years," she wrote on the GoFundMe. "The reason for this fund is that Greg and I spoke often of our lives in the next few years and we wanted to ensure that philanthropy was an integral part. With his passing, this will set us back a bit, but I am hoping with donations we can start to fulfill his dream of helping others."