Pleasantville Donates A Ton Of Food At Saturday's Drive

PLEASANTVILLE, NY — Dozens of volunteers collected more than 2,000 pounds of food Saturday, enough to feed 55 families for a month, during a food drive in the parking lot at the United Methodist Church.

The food was donated to the Interfaith Food Pantry of Pleasantville.

"This is amazing," Kala Mishra, a volunteer at the Pleasantville food pantry, said Saturday as cars lined up at the drop-off event with donations. "We’re seeing a much greater need for food because of the pandemic. This drive will support our efforts in a big way."

Watch the video to see the shelves filled up.

This was the seventh food drive state Senator Pete Harckham has organized since the coronavirus pandemic hit the region in March—one each in Sleepy Hollow, Peekskill, Mount Kisco, Mohegan Lake, Brewster and Bedford previously—with the events collecting about 30,000 pounds of food items and over $9,500 in cash donations so far. As with the other food drives, a number of residents from the 40th Senate District volunteered to help—a real grassroots show of support, Harckham said.

“Six months into the Covid-19 pandemic it is apparent that food insecurity in our communities is not going away,” he said.

Patch has partnered with Feeding America to help raise awareness on behalf of the millions of Americans facing hunger. Feeding America, which supports 200 food banks across the country, estimates that in 2020, more than 54 million Americans will not have enough nutritious food to eat due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. This is a Patch social good project; Feeding America receives 100 percent of donations. Find out how you can donate in your community or find a food pantry near you.