WCHH Agency Listings

Agency listings as of February 2010. Click on any city/town to see listings.
Note: Changes in hours of operation and personnel may have occured since the time this list was formulated.

Brewster
Cortlandt
Dobbs Ferry
Eastchester
Greenburgh/Elmsford
Harrison
Hawthorne
Katonah
Mahopac
Mamaroneck
Mohegan Lake
Mount Kisco
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
Ossining
Peekskill
Pleasantville
Port Chester
Scarsdale
Tarrytown
Valhalla
White Plains
Yonkers
Yorktown


White Plains
WHITE PLAINS FOOD PANTRIES
    
ALLEN A.M.E. CHURCH    
65 Fisher Ave.
White Plains, NY 10606
For emergency only
Contact: 914-761-4397 Rev. Virginia Sanders
(Fax: 914- 428-4296)

ECUMENICAL EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY OF WHITE PLAINS
Held at Thomas Slater Center
2 Fisher Court
White Plains, NY 10601
7:30am – 10:30am on Fridays
(Accepts food donations Thursdays & Fridays 7:30am – 12:00)
Contact: Lorraine Buonocunto Thursdays & Fridays only at 914-428-5770 (church)
Mail to: L. Buonocunto, 31 Ogden Ave., White Plains, NY  10605

El CENTRO HISPANO INC
346 S. Lexington Ave.
White Plains, NY 10606
Noon – 7pm, Mon. – Fri. (In St. Bernard’s Church Basement)
FAX 289-0550
Contact: 914-289-0500 - Isabel E. Villar, Director or H. Judith Aucar, Assistant Dir. also Claudia

FIRST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
180 Juniper Hill Rd.
White Plains, NY  10607
2pm on 3rd Thurs. and 8:00pm on 3rd Sat. each month
Street Ministry serves to the homeless on the 3rd Thursday of every month
Contact: 914-948-3695: Elizabeth Pulliam (684 -9417 church) 

THE SALVATION ARMY  
16 Sterling Ave.
White Plains, NY  10606
9:00am - 12:00pm;
1:00pm - 3:00pm Tuesdays
Contact: 914-949-2908 - Captains Antonio and Jennifer Rosamilia, Claire Wares

THE COMFORT ZONE
New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division
21 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605
Quarterly food & coat drives.
(Calls of need: i.e. house burned down or new baby – their volunteers will
locate items needed) 8:30am – 5pm
Contact: 914-682-9100, Ext. 2325 – Nancy Porter (Part time contact person)
FAX 682-6927

WHITE PLAINS C.A.P.
70 Ferris Ave.
White Plains, NY 10603
9AM - 4pm Mon. - Fri. Emergency Only, for people referred by DSS, while they wait for food stamps.
Contact: 914-428-7030 - Walter Bowen/Beverly Stith

YWCA WHITE PLAINS (see also shelter below)
69 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
No fixed hours or days. Agency provides food for the 185 women who live in its 2 buildings.
Contact: 914-428-1130, Ext. 301, Lori Stanlick, Director; Anne Timmons (Ext. 303); or Juanita Dawson-Rhodes (Ext. 313) for food donations
FAX: 428-1439

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WHITE PLAINS SOUP KITCHENS
ALLEN A.M.E. CHURCH    
65 Fisher Ave.
White Plains, NY  10606
3PM - 5PM  Fourth Sat. each month
Contact: 914-761-4397 - Rev. Virginia Sanders
FAX 428-4296
              
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH                          
188 Orawaupum St.
White Plains, NY  10606           
4pm - 5pm  First and fifth Sat. each month
(Closed July and August).                    
Contact: 914-948-2875 - Rev. Lester Cousin

GRACE CHURCH COMMUNITY CENTER  
33 Church St.
White Plains, NY 10601
Email: AliceConrad@gcccaref.org
Mailing address: 35 Orchard St, White Plains 10603
10:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Mon. - Fri., Magdalena Serrano and Anna Ayala (soup kitchen) (914) 949-2874, Ext. 24
Contact: Sis. Alice Conrad, Dir. Of Adm., 914-949-3098, Ext. 100
or Paul Anderson-Winchell (Exec. Dir.), Ext. 110

MT. HOPE A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
65 Lake St.
White Plains, NY 10604
Hours: Last Friday each month: 11:00am – 1:00pm
Contact: James Dyson 948-6372 (church)
Fax: 914-948-6131

ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH  
82 Prospect St.
White Plains, NY  10606
11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. on Sundays
Mail to: 226 Church St., White Plains, NY 10603
Contact: 914-949-5577 - Art Bonagura (home, 761-5040 and cell 914-980-0424)

THE LORD’S PANTRY INC.
177 Davis Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605 (office)
Daily delivery of meals and bags of food from St. Bernard’s Church (348 So. Lexington Ave., White Plains 10605) to people who are HIV+ or have AIDS, and their caretakers and children under 18 yrs. Delivery Tues, Weds, Thurs , Late P.M. (Volunteers to drive ARC always needed)
Contact: 914-682-4306 - Joan McGovern or Norma Lento Kitchen open 2-6p.m.Tues, Weds, Thursday.

THE SALVATION ARMY (See also pantry)
16 Sterling Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
1:30P.M. every Sunday Contact: 914-949-2908 Captains Antonio and Jennifer Rosamilia (Claire, Secretary) 

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
130 S. Lexington Ave.
White Plains, NY 10606
4 P.M. - 5 P.M. on second Saturday each month, except June, July and August
Contact: 914-592 -6548 - Annette L. Dimmie; (Church 914-761-3605), David L. Jefferson (Minister) Mail to: 7 Paulding St, Apt 1D Elmsford, NY10523

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WHITE PLAINS SHELTERS
COACHMAN FAMILY CENTER (Westhab)
123 East Post Road
White Plains, NY 10601
Residents are homeless families referred by DSS; maximum 100 families
Contact: 914-949-1000, Deloise Jackson Ext. 130;
FAX: 946-3371 or 686-5113
Email: Deloise.jackson@aol.com
                   
COMMUNITY HOUSING INNOVATIONS, Inc.
190 East Post Road
Suite 401
White Plains, N.Y.10601
Contact: 914-595-0971 - Deborah L.Perkins, LMSW. (Director, Hudson Valley Programs)
Main 914-683-1010
FAX 683-6158
Email: dperkins@communityhousing.org

OPEN ARMS SHELTER (run by Grace Church Community Center)   
 86 East Post Road
White Plains, NY 10601
38 bed shelter for men, generally referred by DSS
Contact: 914-948-5044 - Denise Reshard (Food Coordinator);
John Rubin (Director)
FAX 948-9059              
 
PROJECT TRUST (run by Grace Church Community Center)
 96 E Post Road
White Plains, NY 10601
Day drop in center for homeless not in DSS Shelter system Mon-Fri 5:00am – 7:00pm
Clients referred by police department, hospital, mental health agencies and DSS, and walk-ins
Contact: 948-5044 Emilio Acosta

SAMARITAN HOUSE (Run by Grace Church Community Center.)
33 Church St.
White Plains, NY  10601
Residential, 24 hours a day, for single women only.  (Maximum 19) Emergency domestic violence.
Contact: 914-948-3075 Deborah Williams (Assistant Director) 914-948-9441 (shelter)
Fax: 914-922-9930   Food Donation: Clarissa Calhoun

SEARCH FOR CHANGE (community residence program)
95 Church St.
Suite 200, White Plains, NY  10601
Transitional housing for disabled mentally ill, at sites all over Westchester and Putnam counties
Contact: 914-428-5600, Ext. 228 (24 hours/7 days) - Mr. Ashley Brody, (Coordinator)
Or Sharon Amuroso, Ext. 219
FAX 428-3388   

WESTHAB LONGVIEW HOUSE
13 Longview Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605
Mail to:  5 Hudson St., Yonkers, N.Y. 10701
Men over age 18, referred by DSS or a drug treatment program (must be alcohol- and drug-free for 6 mos.).   
3 permanent and 8 transitional units.
Contact: 914-682-1450 – Jessie Johnson (Director) (Shelter: 914-682-1458)
Fax: 914-682-4066

WEST HELP GREENBURGH
1 Westhelp Drive
White Plains, NY  10603
For homeless families or pregnant women.  108 families.
Contact: 914-683-2559 – Pat Gray, Exec. Dir – Ext: 203
Email: pgray@helpusa.org
Eulalee Kettle, Ext: 202 (call for donations only)

YWCA WHITE PLAINS (see also pantry)                  
69 N. Broadway
White Plains, NY  10603                                     
The Awakening Program for ex-offenders (women only, 12 beds)   173 permanent units of housing for women only   
Contact: 914-428-1130, Ext. 301 - Lori Stanlick, (Director) or Ann Timmons, (Asst. Director) Ext. 303 or Juanita Dawson-Rhodes, Case Manager Ext. 313 for donations FAX: 428-1439
Email: atimmons@ywcawhiteplains.com