CEREAL COLLECTION LAUNCHED

Collecting cereal for two food pantries.

The Yorktown supervisor”™s Youth Council recently launched a cereal collection drive to support local food pantries. More than 100 boxes of cereal were collected.

In partnership with the Yorktown Alliance for Safe Kids, the new council is a platform for young people to share their ideas and perspectives with the town”™s leadership.

“This youth council is an important opportunity for young people to engage in community projects and have their say,” said town Supervisor Matt Slater.

The collection drive benefitted the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown Food Pantry and the Community Food Pantry at St Mary”™s Mohegan Lake. On the weekend of Nov. 19, the two pantries served more than 500 familie