Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation Presents $3,500 Donation to 914 Cares, Serving Westchester County
December 12, 2024
White Plains, NY
(December 2024) The Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS®, recently presented a check for $3,500 to 914 Cares, a non-profit organization serving all of Westchester County.
Based in Armonk, 914 Cares is dedicated to helping families in need to reduce financial stress, meet practical needs, and foster respect by providing clothing for infants through adults, diapers and supplies for babies, hygiene products, and children’s books.
In May, the nonprofit opened an expansive 12,000-square-foot Armonk warehouse and office space with a loading dock for deliveries, ample storage space, and easy access. This new space has enabled it to increase its output significantly to 125 local organizations that work directly in their communities.
914 Cares donates basic essentials to over 6,000 Westchester families each year. Despite Westchester being known as one of the wealthiest places in the nation, almost 40 percent of babies there are born to families on Medicaid, and 28 percent of children in grades K through 6 receive free and reduced cost lunches. Nearly 3,000 children have experienced homelessness, and 40 percent of Westchester children under age 6 live in families where working parents cannot meet basic needs.
“914 Cares is reliant on the support of our compassionate neighbors to continue to meet the need that exists here in Westchester,” said the organization’s CEO and Founder, Jessica Reinmann. “Organizations like HGAR, who put their trust in our mission, are such an integral part of our success.”
The 914 Cares Literacy Library also offers books to families and school districts in under-resourced communities. The organization has distributed over 50,000 books each year.
Since 2014, the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation has donated thousands of dollars to charities and non-profits throughout Hudson Valley. As concerned members of the communities we work in, the Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation participates in qualified community-based charities who serve the housing, hunger, health, happiness, and humane needs of citizens everywhere.
For more information or to apply for funding from the Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation, please visit www.hgrealtorfoundation.com. For more information about 914 Cares, and how to donate or volunteer, please visit 914cares.org.
The Hudson Gateway Association of REALTORS® is a not-for-profit trade association representing over 14,000 real estate professionals doing business in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Orange counties, as well as the Bronx and Manhattan. It is the second largest REALTOR® Association in New York, and one of the largest in the country
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