Palmisciano to speak on County Harvest’s response to pandemic on Manor Club Zoom
Editor’s note: This press release was provided by the Manor Club.
“County Harvest: Answering Hunger during the Pandemic” is the topic of a Manor Club Zoom program on Monday, Dec. 7 at 7:30pm and is open to the public.
The guest speaker will be Missy Palmisciano, President and Founder of County Harvest, a nonprofit food rescue organization serving Westchester County by connecting food donors with agencies serving people in need.
As part of County Harvest, more than 500 volunteers rescue excess, unsold food from dozens of food donors including supermarkets, wholesalers, caterers, country clubs, farms, bakeries, bagel shops and corporate caterers and deliver it immediately to nearby soup kitchens, food pantries and homeless shelters. Pickups and deliveries are daily.
Ms. Palmisciano, as a regular volunteer at her children’s elementary school lunch program, was disturbed by all the good unused food being thrown away. She realized that local soup kitchens could use the food. She began collecting food from the lunch program and several businesses and recruited volunteers so it could be distributed to several Westchester agencies. With this expanded effort, County Harvest officially began in December 2009. Since then, County Harvest’s corps of volunteers — without an office, warehouse or paid staff — has rescued more than 5 million pounds of food and distributed it to the hungry.
Tax deductible donations may be made to County Harvest at https://countyharvest.org/
To register for the Dec. 7 Zoom program with Ms. Palmisciano, send an email to themanorclubofpelham@gmail.
