HONORING THE BRAVE
Sssupport; Duncan Lawson, food resource and operations manager; Jane Naveros, client coordinator; Elvis Ruiz, food pantry/driver; Jean Davis-French;
administrative coordinator; and Margaret Tjimos Goldberg, executive director. Photo by Susan Maher.
Our lives have dramatically changed over the past year in unexpected ways, and no one appreciates that more than the staff at Neighbor to Neighbor. The eight staff members have gone through the upheaval of three different location moves, packing and setting up again overnight. Without missing a beat, they continue to go to work every day, pack groceries, order food, oversee the volunteers and counsel people who cannot put food on the table due to unforeseen changes in their jobs and situation. They currently continue to deliver approximately 450 bags of groceries plus 50 curbside pickups every week. “Whether we identify it as grit or demonstrating resolve in facing all of the unexpected events over the past year and a half, Neighbor to Neighbor”™s staff and volunteers have dedicated their efforts to serve those in our Greenwich community most in need,” said Margaret Tjimos Goldberg, executive director.
To honor the brave, hardworking staff members, the Fill the Build campaign for Neighbor to Neighbor is asking for help to fill their new building with shelves, tables, chairs, food and supplies to continue to pro-actively address food insecurity in Greenwich. You can select from a wish list of items to purchase online. Throughout the pandemic, Neighbor to Neighbor”™s new building at 248 E. Putnam Ave., is continuing to be constructed.
The executive offices currently remain at Christ Church Greenwich.
Neighbor to Neighbor staff and volunteers have been providing food assistance to approximately 500 Greenwich family households each week, working in a temporary space at the North Greenwich Congregational Church.