BY JONATHAN CALIXTE On Tuesday, November 28 students at St. Thomas Aquinas College hosted an event at Growler & Gill in Nanuet to help donate to People to People and join the Global #GivingTuesday Movement. The St. Thomas Aquinas College public relations course that hosted the event collectively accumulated $2,045. STAC Junior Stephanie Gorman, a […]
The People to People food bank in Nanuet benefitted from the desire of a group of Pfizer employees in Pearl River to have a different kind of teambuilding activity. As a result, 12 Pearl River scientists spent part of an afternoon unloading a truck of food supplies and stocking shelves and refrigerators at the food […]
Hundreds of supporters went “Down the Shore” for People to People at the Hilton Pearl River on May 21 to raise funds to shore-up the organization’s efforts to feed Rockland’s hungry. “Down the Shore is a little different from your average fundraising dinner,” People to People Executive Director Diane Serratore said. “Folks love that the dress is casual, […]
PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) honored Diane Serratore, executive director of People to People Food Pantry as a 2017 Woman of Distinction. Serratore will be in Albany for an event with honorees from each of the Senate’s 63 districts. People to People is Rockland County’s largest food pantry working to help struggling Rocklanders through […]
Since 2009, People to People – Rockland’s largest food pantry that feeds nearly 4,000 people every month – has encouraged home gardeners, community gardens and local farms to Plant a Row for the Hungry. In 2009, 763 pounds of locally grown produce was contributed to People to People for distribution to low- and no-income Rockland […]
BY BARRY WARNER Hunger in Rockland County has long been a hidden problem, something not often talked about. However, since the economic slump of the last few years the issue of having enough to eat is creeping back into the mainstream. “There are more than 35,000 Rockland residents who are food insecure and one in […]