The Hudson Gateway Realtor® Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors®, recently presented a check for $2,000 to Hillside Food Outreach in Elmsford, which is working to end hunger among its most vulnerable neighbors in Westchester County. Hillside volunteers home-deliver healthy and nutritious foods to more than 1,600 men, woman and children, low-income people who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to access local pantries in Westchester.
“We serve the elderly who must choose between medicine and food and families who are struggling to make ends meet. We also feed their children and those with health issues who need better nutrition and healthier food,” said Anna LaRochelle, associate director of Hillside Food Outreach. “The donation from the Hudson Gateway Realtor® Foundation will be used to purchase healthy food, which is delivered monthly to the individuals we serve.
Hillside Food Outreach was founded in 1997 in Westchester County by Kathleen Purdy, executive director. She created the program in honor of her late grandmother whose kindness and lifelong charity prompted her desire to help others.
The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors® is a not-for-profit trade association representing more than 13,000 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties, as well as the Bronx and Manhattan. It is the second largest Realtor® Association in New York state and one of the largest in the country.
