Volunteers feed hungry families

If you, a family member or neighbor has been affected by the cuts in Food Stamps, the reduction in unemployment benefits, loss of a job or difficulty in choosing between money for food, housing and medicine, The Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Marble Hill Food & Hunger Project, Inc. can help you.

KRMH has bagged groceries for distribution through its local KRMH Food Pantry, located at the Church of the Mediator on West 231st street, between Corlear and Kingsbridge avenues. Every Tuesday (excepting voting day, Nov. 4) from 9 to 11 a.m., recipients may obtain supplemental groceries.  Participants need to show identification for themselves either through food stamp card, driver’s license or a bill with home address, since groceries are only available to those in need living in the 10471, 10463, and 10468 ZIP codes. Participants with children or grandchildren who live with them are also encouraged to participate.

KRMH Food & Hunger Project also purchases and prepares kosher grocery bags for homebound seniors. Distribution is done through collaboration with The Riverdale Y Senior Center, which helps identify the homebound seniors and to deliver the kosher grocery bags.

If you would like to volunteer your help at the pantry on Tuesday mornings or your help in packing the kosher grocery bags the first Thursday of each month, please call 718-796-7166.

If you would like to make a financial donation to help this local, grass-roots organization, please send checks to KRMH Food & Hunger Project, Inc., P.O. Box 251, Bronx, NY 10471. If you would like to donate current groceries of canned/boxed foods such as healthy soups, cereals, meats, stews, fish, vegetables, beans, fruits, tomato sauce, rice, pasta, peanut butter, jelly and evaporated milk, there are on-going collection sites at:

The Riverdale Presbyterian Church, Riverdale Temple, Christ Church, Ethical Culture Society of Riverdale/Yonkers, Country Bank, Apple Bank and Wells Fargo Bank.  

In addition, Congregation Shaarei Shalom, CSAIR, Congregation Tehillah, Curves, P.S. 24, Riverdale Country School, and KRVC Development Corporation also conduct special grocery collections during the year.