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The mobile food pantry is the product of an award-winning partnership between Pace and , a nonprofit dedicated to distributing nutritious food across Westchester. Feeding Westchester provides the food at no cost to Pace, and Pace provides the volunteers to distribute food once a month.
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Novak is especially proud of the conversations the pantry has stirred up. There is an oscillation between satisfaction that people are using the pantry, thoughtful commentary on the greater systems at play, and hope for a future where such services are no longer necessary. She hopes for everyone involved to look at the larger picture with a critical eye. 男女操逼视频软件淚t男女操逼视频软件檚 more than just feeling good; we男女操逼视频软件檙e helping our community members, but also normalizing the conversation around it. So, when someone says that it男女操逼视频软件檚 good we have so many people using the pantry, the conversation doesn男女操逼视频软件檛 end there.男女操逼视频软件
Initiatives like the pantry are temporary solutions to systemic problems. Mutual aid services become more effective when they are institutionalized and when deeper discourse begins to unravel the roots of the problem. But in the meantime, the Pace Pleasantville Mobile Food Pantry will make sure our community stays fed.
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