W.S. Jeung’s Taekwando Supports Yorktown Presbyterian 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 the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown (FPCY) food pantry. The students created a “bucket brigade” and loaded the food into a car for delivery to the church.

The need for services at the FPCY Food Pantry has grown from an average of 50 families a decade ago to 120 families per pantry today. Clients live in Yorktown, Mohegan Lake, Cortlandt Manor, Peekskill, Shrub Oak and other local communities. The FPCY pantry has seen a rise in families headed by elderly (often raising their grandchildren) and veterans. Most families include children.

The FPCY Food Pantry recently moved to a "Full Choice" model. With Full Choice, a client can choose food items from shelves, as they would in a grocery store. The new model empowers clients to make choices of food items that they prefer, as well as choices that balance what is already in the cupboards at home. The Food Bank for Westchester has supported the food pantry in this change, including a grant for equipment (a refrigerator to offer eggs and fresh dairy items, and rolling racks and shopping carts for pantry operations) to improve the look and experience for clients.

The FPCY Food Pantry, along with our clients, are very grateful for community support such as what was provided by W.S. Jeung’s Taekwando.