We welcome and depend on donations of food to help stock our food pantry. We appreciate donations of the foods we need the most: (click for our printable handout)
- Dried black and pinto beans
- Cold cereal
- Tuna
- Canned beef stew
- Spaghetti sauce
- Fruit juice
- Baby food
- Diapers
Please bring your donations to the rear entrance of the Community Center, Tuesday through Friday from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm, or Saturday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Organize A Food Drive
Help stock the Center's food pantry by organizing your own food drive. Anyone can organize a food drive - families, teenagers, school-aged children, scout troops, community organizations. It's easy and fun.
How You Can Run A Food Drive: (click for our printable handout)
- Organize a food drive in your neighborhood. Contact your neighbors and tell them that you are collecting food for the Community Center of Northern Westchester. If they wish to participate, give them a flyer containing the foods we need the most, and specific information about when you will pick up their donations.
- Collect food in front of a local supermarket. You simply greet people as they are entering the supermarket, offer them the foods we need the most list, and ask them to shop for some of the foods on the list and donate them as they leave the supermarket.
- Once the food is collected, contact us at info@communitycenternw.org, and arrange a convenient time to bring the food to the Center. When you deliver the food, you are also welcome to weigh it in and help stock the pantry shelves.
Clothing
We welcome donations of clean, gently used, seasonal clothing, shoes and linens.
We accept winter clothing from Labor Day through March, and spring/summer clothing from April through Labor Day. These items can be dropped off at the rear entrance to the Community Center during our donation hours: 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. We appreciate your generous donations, but the Center cannot accept undergarments, bathing suits, books, toys or stuffed animals.