July 2023
Thank you to the Village of Chatham Workers for installing our new Pantry Sign!
June 2023
Chatham High School Art Students along with their teachers, Tina Fahey and Christina Scott, visited the pantry and brightened the waiting room with their creations of healthy foods. Some art students drew creative colorful recipes for our clients.
January 2023
The Pantry has upgraded our facility to include more refrigeration and packing areas. We have increased the number and variety of our frozen offerings. Although volunteers did most of the work on the renovations, the project could not have been completed without the professional expertise of Michael Petagine of MRP Electric and flooring specialist Paul Trapanese. In addition, Herrington’s provided a generous materials grant for the project with the assistance of Chatham store manager Robert Davis.
Check out the new frozen entrees, pizza and vegetables:
November 2022
Chatham Central Schools Retired Teacher President Paula Ptaszek presented the Food Pantry with a $500 donation collected from their members. We thank them for their support.
May 2020 Food Distribution
May 2020: 400 families received 14 tons of food at the Columbia County distribution at the Fairgrounds. Thank you, volunteers!
November/December 2019
Thanks to the Chatham Retired Teachers for their contribution to help us expand the high school backpack program and also to the Chatham Lions for helping us feed 85 families at Thanksgiving.
May 2018
Thank you to all our area postal carriers and our generous neighbors for their contributions to the Stamp Out Hunger campaign on Saturday, May 12th. The pantry was delighted to receive over 100 bags of food from four post offices: Chatham, East Chatham, Old Chatham and Canaan. Here are some shots of our volunteers unloading the bounty.
April 4, 2018
PRESS RELEASE
FARM FILM FESTIVAL DELIVERS TO CHATHAM SILENT FOOD PANTRY
On March 25, more than 250 people enjoyed the 10th Annual Farm Film Festival at the Crandell Theatre in Chatham. The Festival was sponsored by The Chatham Film Club, Columbia Land Conservancy, and the Chatham Agricultural Partnership.
Attendees contributed 32 bags of food and a total of $660.00 to the Chatham Silent Food Pantry.
Film Club Executive Director Annie Brody is shown presenting the check to Food Pantry Vice President Hallie Halpern and President Debby Roth.
March 26, 2018:
St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Valatie awarded $500 each to 4 food pantries and one backpack program in the area, including Chatham Silent Pantry, the proceeds of last year’s CROP walk which raises money for local, national and international organizations whose aim is to fight hunger. www.crophungerwalk.org/kinderhook
December 2021 Thanks to the kids from the after-school program at the Morris Memorial who helped unload food collected at the Turkey Trot! As well as Community Bank contributions!
