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Port Chester seniors receive holiday meals
November 22, 2023 at 11:09 p.m.
John Pompey, one of the residents of the senior housing complex on Drew Street, gets his fill of food at the 37th annual Corporate Outreach Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday, Nov. 18.
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David Tapia
/Westmore News)
Port Chester Housing Authority Director Michael Morris and Commissioner Hattie Adams kick off the event by thanking Corporate Outreach for their generosity.
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David Tapia
/Westmore News)
Volunteers with Corporate Outreach, a Westchester-based organization, serve Thanksgiving dinners in the community room at the Drew Street senior apartments to a line of residents going out the door. The event, held in association with the White Plains Salvation Army, provides food for tenants of public housing. This year, dinners were provided at both senior housing complexes in Port Chester—on Drew Street and Terrace Avenue.
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David Tapia
/Westmore News)
Robin Goldstein (left), a volunteer from Eastchester, helps Maria Pride stack up on Thanksgiving food. Pride is picking up a meal for her mother, who could not attend.
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David Tapia
/Westmore News)
Donna Herring (left), a resident of 10 Drew St., asks for a serving of mashed potatoes to be included in her dinner.
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David Tapia
/Westmore News)
The volunteers from Corporate Outreach prepare to-go boxes to deliver to tenants who can’t physically attend the event. Riley Anderson (left) is joined by her mother, Shannon Anderson, both of Purchase, and Lauren Spelman, who lives in Greenwich, Conn. It’s Spelman’s second year serving food at the event, while the Andersons started volunteering with Corporate Outreach seven years ago, when Riley was 5 years old.
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David Tapia
/Westmore News)