Friendly Fridge News Today

The food insecurity problem in the Bronx and greater Riverdale continues to grow as evidenced by the latest Homeless Outreach Population Estimate. It found the borough has 222 unsheltered homeless individuals.

The families seeking asylum at Van Cortlandt Motel were quietly moved out of the Naica operated shelter last month and spread across several shelters in the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. It has been a painful transition for those families.

Judging by the resistance and protests by many greater Riverdale residents to the proposed men’s homeless shelter on Broadway and claims the Overlook Manhattan College dorm may become another shelter, it would seem such people are not welcome here. And that’s a shame.

(First part of two-part series.) Josefina spent Mother’s Day by having a wonderful dinner with her son and grandchildren. They ate out in Manhattan and had some ice cream. But the holiday ended too soon when Josefina had to return to her room at The W Assisted Living at Riverdale Home for Adults. “I’m always sad to have to come back to The W. Anytime I get away from here is good,” she said wistfully.

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To the editor: This coming week — beginning Saturday, April 15 — is Riverdale Restaurant Week.

In these post-Covid times, many greater Riverdale restaurants are still struggling to meet the bottom line. To help those eateries that have survived, the organizers of Riverdale Restaurant Week are back for an encore.

The borough’s community refrigerators — fewer than during the pandemic — are strapped for cash as well as volunteers to transport food.

The successful community free fridges — fewer than during the pandemic — are now short on cash as well as volunteers to transport food.

A donation-based community fridge provides hope in food-insecure neighborhoods. These friendly fridges are popping up across the country.