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Far Rockaway's P.S. 105 opens in-school pantry to fi ght food insecurity
Courtesy of Marc Levine
(From l. to r.) Benham Nadjmabadi, Principal Laurie Shapiro and Stop & Shop district director for NYC Carlos Ramos check out the new food pantry.
BY BILL PARRY
bparry@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
In an eff ort to reduce hunger among
students in the communities it serves,
Stop & Shop — a neighborhood grocer for
more than 100 years — recently donated
$10,000 to help launch an in-school food
pantry at P.S./M.S. 105, Th e Bay School, in
Far Rockaway.
Nearly 80 percent of the students at
the school are classifi ed as living below
the poverty level and school offi cials say
about 70 families are new to the school
and are either living with extended family,
friends or in family shelters and need food
and personal hygiene products.
“We have established a food pantry in
the school building that will give families
in need access to the assistance
they require,” P.S./M.S. 105 Student
and Temporary Housing Coordinator
Benham Nadjmabadi said. “Th rough Stop
& Shop’s generosity, we will be able to provide
families in need with canned foods,
dry goods, non-perishables and microwavable
foods since those living in family
shelters do not have access to stoves.
For families with refrigerators, we will be
able to off er milk and eggs. We will also
be able to provide them with soap, toothpaste,
toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoo
and sanitary items.”
Stop & Shop has provided the school
with $10,000 worth of gift cards so they
can shop for the specifi c products that
families have identifi ed they need the
most. Nadjmabadi and other school personnel
will use the gift cards to purchase
the products at area Stop & Shop stores to
stock the school’s food pantry.
“Stop & Shop is so pleased to be able to
assist the educators at P.S./M.S. 105 and
provide its students and their families
with food,” Stop & Shop District Director
for New York City Carlos Ramos said. “A
student cannot succeed in the classroom
if they come to school hungry and need
to worry about where their next meal is
coming from.”
P.S./M.S. 105 marks the fi rst Stop &
Shop school food pantry in New York.
Th e company hopes to work with more
schools in the future.
“Stop & Shop’s generosity is greatly
appreciated,” P.S./M.S. 105 Principal Laurie
Shapiro said. “Many of our students and
their families are food insecure and Stop &
Shop’s leadership makes it possible for our
school to provide them with the assistance
they need in a very respectful way.”
State Senator James Sanders Jr. added
that a well-fed body leads to a well-fed
mind.
Our students need the proper nutrition
in order to maximize their learning
potential, and no one should be left to go
hungry. Th ese are just two of the many
reasons why this program is so important,”
Sanders said. “Th ank you to Stop &
Shop for its generous donation which has
made this program possible. It is always
great to see the local businesses working
with the community to bring healthier
food to the schools and we want to do
more of that.”
Th e Educational Council President of
CEC 27, Willie A. Jones Sr., added his
thanks.
“It gives me great pleasure to know
that as one of the most prominent businesses
in our community, Stop & Shop
would take such interest in the well-being
of our students. Th is has an eff ect
on each and every student who cannot
get enough nourishment to sustain
their health, nutrition, and their ability
to focus,” Jones said. “I pray other businesses
in our community decide to follow
your example of humanitarian outreach
to those who are in need. May God
bless Stop & Shop for what it is doing in
our community.”
Courtesy of Marc Levine
Stop & Shop and P.S./M.S. 105 in Far Rockway opened an in-school food pantry to help students and
their families.
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