Pelham Cares

12/19/2020

Thank you everyone for your generous donations to the Pelham Cares families!! We have:

- assisted 19 out of our 20 listed families;
- donated $2,100 in gift card value to these families (in addition to providing Christmas gifts, toys, clothes, blankets, etc); and
- thoughtfully assembled 10 self-care baskets for these families.

If you are still looking for ways to give this holiday season consider assisting Rachel https://lovepelham.com/rachel/. (All other families listed on the site have already received donations and Christmas gifts but could use any additional help!)

Happy Holidays everyone!

11/23/2020

Thank you from our Pelham Cares Families! Thus far, we have provided much-needed groceries, winter clothes, bedding and over $900 in gift cards to allow families to purchase exactly what they need. To add a touch of warmth to the deliveries, Junior League members have added a specially made self-care basket for these struggling, mostly single mother homes. Visit https://lovepelham.com/pelhamcares/ to see how you can help.

09/19/2020

❤️ from Montefiore ICU!

07/28/2020

Update-ALL SET! Thank you for your generosity. 🥬🍎🥪This is our LAST WEEK for grocery deliveries! We need just 2 volunteers-see details in comments.

06/17/2020

More volunteers needed! 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️We’re again looking for help in providing basic groceries to families recovering from COVID-19 in the Mount Vernon area. Volunteeers needed both to purchase groceries, and deliver them.

Sign up below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10sAYLZvgan6O3frMVlmxV1adaSEj7_ggjA-DtWh-bsc/edit?usp=sharing

Please contact Penny Furney O’Brien at [email protected] for more details. Thanks in advance for your generosity-this makes a truly meaningful impact for our neighbors. 💙

Sheet1 Date ,6/19,6/26,7/3,7/10,7/17,7/24,7/31 Slot 1,Lisa Hill-Ries,Amy Kwan,Annie Fagbeyiro,Lisa Horten Slot 2,Sabrina Clark Slot 3,Lisa Horten Slot 4 Delivery (takes 1 hour)

06/10/2020

Volunteers needed! 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️We’re looking for help in providing basic groceries to families recovering from COVID-19 in the Mount Vernon area

*1 volunteer required to provide groceries this Friday, 6/12

*4 Volunteers required weekly for the coming weeks

Delivery of groceries is not required (though we can always use volunteers for this, as well!)

Please contact Penny Furney O’Brien at [email protected] for more details.

06/03/2020

We're so grateful to all who participated in the — both those in front of and behind the camera (and, behind the scenes) — making the magic happen. In addition to furthering the reach of Pelham Cares, the smiles shared — all across town — were a beautiful reminder that we're all in this together!

Special gratitude to Jaye Murphy McLaughlin Lori Carlton Sports Photographer Liz Farrell JMileno Photography Stacy Gatto Jill Grabel Kirby for making the magic happen. Click through and enjoy! 📸

The Pelham Front Stoop Project is representative of all that’s great about this community—photographers sharing their talent, families giving back, and as the photos started popping up in social media feeds, a united sense that we’re all “in this together.”

05/27/2020

Meals and essentials for our friends at Wartburg with the help of Caffe Regatta. 🙌

05/27/2020

Pelham Cares ❤️ our schools! Today, we give thanks to Prospect Hill and Colonial for their very generous contributions, which provided meals for a total of 266 frontline workers while supporting our beloved Pelham small businesses.

The Prospect donation was the result of the school's amazing teachers "paying forward" their Teacher Appreciation gifts, and Colonial's came from a student Read-a-Thon (with generous support from family and friends). 🙌

05/14/2020

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS: Our neighbors need our help. Please let us know if you're able to assist in either of the following efforts in partnership with Family Services of Westchester:

*FSW's Mount Vernon clinic is urgently seeking 10 used laptops and/or tablets in good working condition to be donated to the clinic and loaned out to families who have no way for their children to access online distance learning (Mount Vernons' School district ran out of chromebooks) as well as for families who need critical tele-therapy. The increase in demand for these vital mental health services has skyrocketed since the pandemic hit our region – with FSW handling over 1,300 sessions per week – half of which are with children. If you are able to contribute, please email [email protected] or [email protected].

*FSW has also identified four Mount Vernon families in desperate need of groceries. We are looking for 4 bags of healthy non-perishable foods to be purchased and delivered to these families in the next week. Suggested items include: pasta, jarred sauce, rice, canned beans, apples, oranges, chips and crackers, cereal, peanut butter, jelly, and sliced bread. If you would like to provide a grocery delivery, please email [email protected].

Thanks in advance for your support!

05/13/2020

While our contacts at area hospitals report that things are improving, for many recovering COVID patients, the challenges are just beginning. Today, Pelham Cares delivered 50+ bags of pantry and household essentials to be distributed to in-need patients as they are discharged. ❤️

A special THANK YOU to:

Amy Kerrigan Cole Linda Bethea Susan Quintin
Becca Ford Jennifer Pennington Erin Seippel Bane Erin Blakeley Ginsburg Vanessa Schaffer Felgner Kristen Bowes Burke Melissa Kagan Sing Duffy Ashley Borger Dolan Chenxi Jiao Carol Tepper Aimee Linn Kaplan Bridget McGalagly Messina Liz Carmany Perreten Abby Gray Balafas Lisa Hill-Ries Diane Essig, Diana Chandler, Kristin Bidwell, Page Edmunds, Erin Larkin, Anne O'beirre, Liz Massie, Linda Woodward, Jeanne Radvany, Beth Saks, Beth Wall, Christina Liddy, Lynda Banfield, Nancy Calvaruso, Judy Shampanier, Alicia Carmona, Erin D'Angelo, Owen Berkowitz, Marybeth O'Keefe, Liz Ford, Deb Puchalla, Daragh Murphy, Paul Romanello, Kara McLoughlin, Patti Devine, Amanda Jaskiewicz