Food Bank for Westchester and Coalition for Hungry & Homeless Join Forces
Officials with the Food Bank for Westchester and the Westchester Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless Inc. signed an agreement merging the nonprofit organizations Friday at a ceremony at Food Bank headquarters in Elmsford. The agency, which was founded in 1988, is one of eight regional food banks in New York state and provides about 6.1 million meals to the hungry in Westchester County each year, according to Food Bank Executive Director Ellen Lynch.
From left, Ellen Lynch, president and CEO of the Food Bank for Westchester; Jeanne Blum, Food Bank vice president, strategic partnerships and advocacy, and former executive director of the Westchester Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless; and Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino.
