Scarsdale residents are encouraged to participate in the Westchester County Food Drive, which will be held on Tuesday, June 22nd and Wednesday, June 23rd at many locations throughout the county.
For hungry families in Westchester, summer is an especially critical time of year as food pantry and soup kitchen supplies run low. The number of households requesting assistance from the emergency feeding network at Food Bank has gone up 22 percent in the last year alone.
As a participant in this effort, The Village of Scarsdale will have a donation box available located in the Village Hall lobby to accept canned and other non-perishable food on 6/22 and 6/23. Donated food will then be distributed to 181 local organizations, like soup kitchens, shelters and food pantries, by Westchester County’s partner, Food Bank for Westchester or directly to a local food agency.
The most needed food items are:
Cereals: hot or cold (corn flakes, frosted flakes, fruit loops, oat meal, grits)
Meats and high protein groups
- Canned meats: spam, ham, meat spread, beef stew, chicken, and corned beef
- Canned fish: tuna, salmon, sardines, mackerel
- Canned or dry beans: kidney, lentils, butter beans, great northern, lima
- Canned soups: with beans, chicken, ham or beef
- Peanut butter
- Macaroni and cheese
- Canned ravioli
- Canned spaghetti and meat balls
Beverages
- Drink mixes: iced tea, Kool Aid, Tang
- 100 percent juices in plastic bottle or can
- Milk: canned or powdered
- Canned juices
- Coffee or tea
- Hot chocolate
Fruits and vegetables
- Canned fruits
- Canned vegetables
- Canned spaghetti sauce
- Dried fruits: raisins, apricots, prunes
Pasta and grains
- Rice: rice mixes and plain rice
- Pasta: pasta mixes and plain pasta
Health and beauty supplies are also being accepted.
For further information, contact the Village Clerk’s office at 722-1175 or Westchester County Office of Communications at 995-6355.
day June 3 through June 6, the Golden Horseshow is hosting its 21st Annual Sidewalk Sale. There will be food, games, rides, and face painting at the event, as well as bargains offered at many of the shopping center's 22 stores. 
On Sunday, May 18, 2010, spectacular weather brought out hundreds of cyclists from across the county for the 10th Annual Bikeathon to benefit children with cancer. The Pediatric Cancer Foundation and Westchester County Parks co-sponsored the special family fun event, entitled Pedal for Progress. Cyclists of all ages rode to support the worthy cause, and there was a tremendous aura of excitement and positive energy at the event. 
The American Cancer Society's Eastchester Chapter held its Relay for Life event at Concordia College this Saturday. The overnight walk to find a cure began at 5 pm Saturday, May 15 and continued until 6 am Sunday, the 16th. Participants set up tents to spend the night on a grassy quad at Concordia in Bronxville. Relay for Life is a 24-hour event that takes place in communities across the globe. Cancer survivors walked with those whose lives have been affected by cancer as an effort to raise money, and awareness, for cancer research.
In addition to walking, participants enjoyed music, games and live performances including songs by the kids from Showstoppers--a performance company from the New York Performing Arts Center in White Plains. Their performance of “Seasons of Love,” from the musical Rent, had particular meaning to so many in attendance.
One group of girls from Tuckahoe Middle School came together in support of friend, Lilly O’Toole’s mother, Kathleen, a 7-year survivor of breast cancer. The girls have taken the initiative to do several other fund-raisers, something that makes Kathleen feel both proud and a bit overwhelmed.
