Food Pantries Now Featured in Each Schenectady Elementary School

Carlos Cotto (SCSD Assistant Superintendent for Innovation, Equity and Engagement), left, stands in front of the food pantry at the Keane Elementary School with Kayla Ambesi, the district's Supervisor of Community Schools on Wednesday, January 21st, 2024.

SCSD leaders and several community partners came together on January 21st, 2024 at Keane Elementary School to announce how district schools have removed barriers and are providing families with increased and easy access to quality foods by adding food pantries on campuses.

Thanks to the support and partnership of many community organizations, including SICM, MVP, Broadview Federal Credit Union, the Regional Food Bank, the Schenectady Foundation, Justice for Orphans, United Way, Liberty Church, and more, each of Schenectady’s eleven elementary schools now has a food pantry open to all families of the district. 

Read more on this story at the links below:

• https://www.schenectadyschools.org/article/1442424

• https://www.dailygazette.com/news/education/schenectady-school-food-pantry/article_d467e662-c074-11ee-abe4-43335d213ba2.html

• https://www.wamc.org/news/2024-02-01/schenectady-public-schools-laud-new-approach-to-fighting-food-insecurity

Watch the event on Youtube!