(PHOTO: The Meals on Main Street Pop-Up Pantry was on display for event guests at Westchester Country Club. Proceeds from the event will fund additional mobile pantries, enabling MOMS to further its reach in Port Chester and other Westchester communities.)
The recent Meals on Main Street (MOMS aka Caritas Port Chester) food pantry fundraiser raised over $400,000 to help fund pop-up food pantries in Port Chester and other Westchester communities.
Over 300 people attended the June 10th event on the terrace and patio of Westchester Country Club. Two dozen Rye residents are involved in various MOMS board roles.
The Executive Board included Terence Linehan, President (Rye); Anthony Tirone, Vice President; Dennis Deutmeyer, Treasurer (Rye); Patricia Hart, Secretary (Rye).
Directors include Michele Allison (Rye); James Egan (Rye); Nicole Gibbs (Rye); Jaquetta Jenkins; Maria Kacha (Rye); Jeffrey Kohn (Rye Brook); Sara Miller (Rye); Jane O’Sullivan (Rye).
Auxiliary board members include Jennifer Swanson, President (Rye); Meghan Charles, Treasurer; Joanna Roberson, Secretary (Rye); Debbie Bahl (Rye); Tara Castellano (Rye Neck); Alexandra Brown Hagens (Rye); Lisa Hogan (Rye); Danielle Kindler (Rye); Lisa King (Rye); Erika Lee (Rye); Jennifer Molloy (Rye); Julia Morrow (Rye); Elizabeth Nace (Rye); Hayley Nivelle; Jennifer Passaretti (Rye); Cameron Scansaroli (Rye); Jaclyn Shanahan (Rye); Kerry Tepedino (Rye); Nancy Tirone.
(PHOTO: Rye community and MOMS Auxiliary Board members: Tara Castellano, Jennifer Molloy, and Lisa King; along with Nicole Gibbs, MOMS Board of Director, and fellow Rye resident.)(PHOTO: Rye residents: Nicole Gibbs, MOMS Board of Directors, and Jennifer Swanson, MOMS Auxiliary Board President.)(PHOTO: Bill Cusano, Executive Director of Meals on Main Street (MOMS), speaking to over 300 guests at Westchester Country Club.)(PHOTO: Rye residents and MOMS Board of Directors: Dennis Deutmeyer, James Egan, Sara Miller, Jane O’Sullivan, Patricia Hart, Terence Linehan (Board President), Maria Kacha, Nicole Gibbs and Michele Allison; as well as Anthony Tirone (Board Vice President) of White Plains.)(PHOTO: Joan Grangenois-Thomas, a Port Chester board trustee and district director for the office of U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones; Shelley Mayer, New York State Senator; Richard ‘Fritz’ Falanka, former Port Chester mayor; and Robin and George Latimer, County Executive of Westchester County, were among the guests at the first fundraising event benefiting Meals on Main Street, formerly known as Caritas of Port Chester.)(PHOTO: MOMS board members who helped coordinate the first-time event: Jennifer Molloy (Rye), Jaclyn Shanahan (Rye), Meghan Charles, Nicole Gibbs (Rye) and Tara Castellano (Rye).)
