I know it shouldn’t shock me but it does. About one in five Westchester children know or have known hunger. Here’s one way to address it: Feeding Westchester is our county’s food collection clearing house, sending food and pre-sorted food-pacs to about 300 area schools, soup kitchens, pantries and senior centers
This past Monday morning, on MLK Day, 27 CBYers of all generations went to Feeding Westchester’s mother ship in Elmsford and together with teams from Mt. Vernon and Scarsdale we pre-packed 3000 pre-sorted meals! Yes, it’s a small drop in a big pond, Feeding Westchester serves 17.9 million meals a year.
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel famously said he was praying with his feet when he marched with Dr. King. This past Monday, as we were packing food for the hungry, I like to think that we were praying with our hands.
