(GLEN COVE, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislature Minority Leader Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D – Glen Cove) is thrilled to announce that the Glen Cove-based NOSH Delivers will receive a $43,000 grant to support its hunger-fighting mission after the Legislature voted unanimously on Wednesday, Nov. 20 to release the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.
NOSH Delivers was founded in March of 2020 to bring food to local families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Three years later, volunteers continue to deliver weekly NOSH Bags, filled with nutritious groceries, to families struggling with food insecurity. After being displaced more than three years ago by a devastating fire, NOSH recently celebrated the grand reopening of its food pantry at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 347 at 15 Hill Street. In the interim, they continued operating in temporary locations to serve more than 600 families spanning from Glen Cove to Bayville.
“NOSH’s commitment to fighting hunger is matched by the ingenuity with which it navigated the pandemic and continued to serve our community without interruption after the VFW hall fire,” Minority Leader DeRiggi-Whitton said. “Since its inception, it has been a joy to support NOSH in all of its work – an organization that empowers all of its volunteers, including my parents, to make a real impact in their hometown. I am proud that our efforts to secure these funds have come to fruition, and I know that they will be put to tremendously good use by Chair Christine Rice and her outstanding team.”