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Food Pantries Stress That Donations Are Needed Year-Round

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Members of the Girl Scout Troop 1768 collect donations at the Waldbaums in East Hampton Village to be donated to the East Hampton Food Pantry. KYRIL BROMLEY

Members of the Girl Scout Troop 1768 collect donations at the Waldbaums in East Hampton Village to be donated to the East Hampton Food Pantry. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at the East Hampton Food Pantry on Monday. KYRIL BROMLEY

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Volunteers pack bags of food for the Thanksgiving holiday at t

authorAlyssa Melillo on Nov 24, 2014
Rows of colorful bags lined the floor of St. Rosalie’s Community Food Pantry and Outreach in Hampton Bays late last week. Filled to the brim with boxes of stuffing, bags... more

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