MOMS Food Pantry Fundraiser Raises Over $500K

(PHOTO: MyRye.com Summer 2023 intern Beatrice Larzul.)ByBeatrice Larzul, Staff Writer
(PHOTO: Meals on Main Street's Board of Directors: (front row) Pat Hart, Amy Hirschhorn, Michele Allison, and Nicole Gibbs; (second row) Anthony Tirone, Michael Dailey, Terence Linehan, Jane O’Sullivan, Samuel Dimon, Barry Mitchell, and James Egan)
(PHOTO: Meals on Main Street’s Board of Directors: (front row) Pat Hart, Amy Hirschhorn, Michele Allison, and Nicole Gibbs; (second row) Anthony Tirone, Michael Dailey, Terence Linehan, Jane O’Sullivan, Samuel Dimon, Barry Mitchell, and James Egan)

Meals on Main Street’s second annual Swing Into Summer event hosted over 350 people this past Friday, June 9th at Westchester Country Club. Meals on Main Street (MOMS aka Caritas Port Chester) raised over its goal of $500,000 to fill one of their Mobile Pantry trucks for one full year. Each truck can deliver 780,000 pounds of food, which makes up 650,000 meals. 

Acting as the event’s Emcee was Rye resident and Fox5 news reporter, Richard Giacovas. In addition, fellow Rye resident Andrew Keller and his band, Skunkworks, performed throughout the evening. 

(PHOTO: Rye resident and Fox5 news reporter, Richard Giacovas, as the evening's Emcee)
(PHOTO: Rye resident and Fox5 news reporter, Richard Giacovas, as the evening’s Emcee)
(PHOTO: Rye resident Andrew Keller and his band, Skunkworks)
(PHOTO: Rye resident Andrew Keller and his band, Skunkworks)
(PHOTO: Event honoree, Terence Linehan)
(PHOTO: Event honoree, Terence Linehan)

Terence Lineham, MOMS’s Board President, was the event’s honoree. He has been working with Caritas in Port Chester since December 2013, where he made his first donation to the organization. Since then, his involvement with MOMS has been extensive, becoming a member of the Board of Directors in 2014 and Board President in 2017.

(PHOTO: The Light of Innovation Award recipients Ryan Frieman and Arthur Wang)
(PHOTO: The Light of Innovation Award recipients Ryan Frieman and Arthur Wang)

MOMS also honored 5 high school students with a new award, The Light of Innovation, for their efforts to create new ideas to help end food insecurity. Four of these students, Charlie Hirschhorn, Alexa and Jordan Hoberman and Ryan Frieman, created The Friendly Fridge Network which is a support system to fill strategically located refrigerators throughout New York. The fifth student, a Rye Country Day Senior, Arthur Wang, created two apps that helped Meals On Main Street streamline their distribution efforts.

See other photos from the event:

(PHOTO: Swing Into Summer Event Co-Chairs, Erika Lee and Jennifer Swanson, with auctioneer Charles Antin)
(PHOTO: Swing Into Summer Event Co-Chairs, Erika Lee and Jennifer Swanson, with auctioneer Charles Antin)
(PHOTO: MOMS Auxiliary Board Members, Jaclyn Shanahan and Meghan Charles)
(PHOTO: MOMS Auxiliary Board Members, Jaclyn Shanahan and Meghan Charles)
(PHOTO: Sam Dimon, the recently elected Executive Board President of Meals on Main Street)
(PHOTO: Sam Dimon, the recently elected Executive Board President of Meals on Main Street)
(PHOTO: Bill Cusano, Executive Director of Meals on Main Street)
(PHOTO: Bill Cusano, Executive Director of Meals on Main Street)
(PHOTO: Long-time Meals on Main Street supporters Adam and Nicole Gibbs, with their 3 children Saedi, Tevah and Samuel. Nicole is an Executive Board member of MOMS and helped launch the annual Swing Into Summer event last year.)
(PHOTO: Long-time Meals on Main Street supporters Adam and Nicole Gibbs, with their 3 children Saedi, Tevah and Samuel. Nicole is an Executive Board member of MOMS and helped launch the annual Swing Into Summer event last year.)
(PHOTO: (L-R): Event volunteers Harry Swanson, Saedi Gibbs, Olivia Lee, Layla Livingston, Kendall Bahl, Maggie Swanson, Tevah and Samuel Gibbs)
(PHOTO: (L-R): Event volunteers Harry Swanson, Saedi Gibbs, Olivia Lee, Layla Livingston, Kendall Bahl, Maggie Swanson, Tevah and Samuel Gibbs)
(PHOTO: MyRye.com Summer 2023 intern Beatrice Larzul.)

Beatrice Larzul is a Staff Writer at MyRye.com. She is a Rye resident and an undergraduate at Williams College.

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