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Stephen J. Kotz on Aug 20, 2025 The volunteers who make the Sag Harbor Food Pantry run like clockwork will be honored at the 10 a.m. Sunday service at the First Presbyterian (Old Whalers’) Church on August 31. The Reverend Nancy Remkus said the service would celebrate community with appropriate readings. “We have a very […]

Jack Motz on Apr 16, 2025 The directors of the Springs Food Pantry, the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry and Heart of the Hamptons agree: Food supply is shrinking even as need is growing on the South Fork. Each faces its own hurdles, with the directors citing federal funding cuts, tariffs on Chinese goods and […]

Staff Writer on Dec 16, 2024 Start the new year with a chance to do some good by braving the cold Atlantic for the 26th annual Wainscott Polar Bear Plunge, sponsored by the Seafood Shop’s Colin Mather, with all proceeds going to the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry. This is the only fundraising event held […]

Members of Sag Harbor Boy Scout Troop 455, from left, Zach Browngardt, Adam Simunic, Reece Keller and Rowen Haring, supported the toy drive to benefit the families of the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry on Saturday, December 7, at the Sag Harbor Variety Store. The toy drive will continue to accept donations of new, unwrapped […]

Staff Writer on Dec 9, 2024 The South Fork Natural History Museum has taken on “Giving Back” initiatives this holiday season. SOFO’s co-founder and board president, Andy Sabin, launched his annual Appeal Challenge Grant, pledging to match all gifts under $10,000, up to a total of $50,000, starting last month. The initiative inspires donors to […]

Stephen J. Kotz on Nov 25, 2024 Members of the community are once again being asked to donate new, unwrapped toys to the Sag Harbor Lions Club Holiday Toy Drive. The drive, co-sponsored by the Village of North Haven and the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry, benefits families served by the food pantry. Toys can […]

Stephen J. Kotz on Nov 21, 2023 There was plenty of laughter, plenty of chatting and plenty of hard work as a group of volunteers — women you’d recognize working at the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry or in a church kitchen, who were augmented by a group of Pierson High School students — gathered […]

Cailin Riley on Oct 25, 2023 Local food pantries ensure that the basic needs of families are met, no matter what kind of hardship they’re going through, and community support, often from schools, is key in enabling the pantries to fill those needs. Recently, Sag Harbor Elementary School students found a new and creative way […]