Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation donates $2,000 to Hillside Food Outreach

Elmsford, NY The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, recently presented a check for $2,000 to Hillside Food Outreach.

Hillside Food Outreach is working to end hunger among its most vulnerable neighbors in Westchester County.  Hillside volunteers home-deliver healthy and nutritious foods to over 1,600 men, woman and children, low income people who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to access local pantries in Westchester.

“We serve the elderly who must choose between medicine and food, and families who are struggling to make ends meet.  We also feed their children and those with health issues who need better nutrition and healthier food,” said Anna LaRochelle, associate director of Hillside Food Outreach. “The donation from the Hudson Gateway Realtor  Foundation will be used to purchase healthy food, which is delivered monthly to the individuals we serve.”

 Hillside Food Outreach was founded in 1997 in Westchester County.  Kathleen Purdy, executive director of the organization, created the program in honor of her late grandmother – whose kindness and lifelong charity prompted her desire to help others.