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Food Bank for Westchester Is Accepting Nominations For Ninth Annual Hunger Heroes Breakfast
WHITE PLAINS, NY (February 2014) - The Food Bank for Westchester today announced a call for nominations for its 2014 Hunger Heroes Breakfast. The prestigious honor recognizes a volunteer, a service provider and a donor that have made exceptional strides against hunger in Westchester County.
The Hunger Heroes Awards Breakfast will be held Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown, N.Y.
Nominations are open to any worthy candidate serving the hungry. They are accepted in the following categories:
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-The Volunteer Award: A volunteer or group of volunteers who have provided outstanding service in helping to alleviate hunger in the community.
-The Service Provider Award: An agency or program that has provided outstanding hunger relief service to its community.
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-The Donor Award: An individual or corporation who has been generous in the fight against hunger in Westchester County.
Last year’s honorees included volunteer Duke Searles for his work with Hudson Valley Hospital VA Food Pantry in Montrose, Leake & Watts Healthy Futures Program & Youth Gardens as the Service Provider and Panera Bread Westchester for their donations of healthy food to hunger-relief programs in Westchester.
Nomination applications are due April 1, 2014. Applications and guidelines can be downloaded at: www.foodbankforwestchester.org and are also available by contacting Patricia Reino at (914) 923-1100 or patricia.reino@foodbankforwestchester.org.
The Food Bank for Westchester is located at 200 Clearbrook Rd., Elmsford, NY 10523. Call (914) 923-1100 or visit www.foodbankforwestchester.org
About the Food Bank for Westchester
Incorporated in 1988, the Food Bank for Westchester is one of eight regional food banks in New York State. It acquires, warehouses and distributes more than 7.4 million pounds of food annually to 265 frontline hunger-relief programs, including food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, day care and residential programs serving the estimated 200,000 Westchester residents who are hungry or at risk of being hungry. Based in Elmsford, NY, the Food Bank is located in a 36,000sf warehouse and is home to Westchester’s largest refrigerator and freezer. For more information, visit www.foodbankforwestchester.org.
