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Dec 23, 2025  by Stephen J. Kotz ⬜️ The Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry once again will be the beneficiary of the 27th annual Wainscott Polar Bear Plunge, which will take place at the foot of Beach Lane at 2:30 p.m. on January 1. The annual event is sponsored by Colin Mather and The Seafood Shop, […]

Nov. 24, 2025 by Stephen J. Kotz ⬜️ Evelyn Ramunno, the face of the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry, where she has been the executive director for 15 years and a volunteer for a total of 25 years, plans to step down at the end of the year. She will be replaced as executive director […]

Nov 11, 2025 by Stephen J. Kotz ⬜️ With stubbornly high food prices and cuts in federal food aid programs, food pantries on the East End are feeling the pinch. This Sunday, a group of Sag Harbor residents, led by Shawn Sachs, Laney Crowell, Fitzhugh Karol and Lyndsay Caleo Karol, have organized a fundraiser for […]

Apr 16, 2025 by Jack Motz ⬜️ 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 […]

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 each year […]

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 double their […]

Nov 21, 2023 by Stephen J. Kotz ⬜️  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 — […]

Oct 25, 2023 by Cailin Riley ⬜️ 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 […]