Since 2008, Ardsley Cares Day has united the community in an all-ages volunteer event to support organizations across Westchester.
Ardsley Cares Day 2026
With more than 300 volunteers, thousands of meals, bags, and kits packed, and hundreds of pounds of trash cleaned up and vines cleared, you made this Ardsley Cares Day a huge success! The activities and groups involved in Ardsley Cares Day included:
- Feeding Westchester: Collected non-perishable items and canned goods
- Sporting Goods for Good:Collected sporting equipment
- Ardsley Music Partners:Collected gently used musical instruments
- 914 Cares:Collected gently used spring and summer clothes
- Horace Greeley School:Collected gently used dance costumes and shoes (with Girl Scout Troop 1675)
- Ardsley Library:Collected gently used books at the Ardsley Library (in partnership with Friends of the Ardsley Library)
- Sharing Shelf: Assembled hygiene kits for low-income children and teens
- Maria Fareri Children's Hospital:Assembled activity kits for visiting siblings of patients
- Midnight Run:Assembled Snack bags for those in need (in partnership with Ardsley Community Enrichment (ACE))
- Yonkers Animal Shelter:Assembled Dog biscuits for adoptable pups
- Paw Crossed Animal Shelter:Assembled dog and cat play toys
- Rise Against Hunger: Packed 20,000 meals for needy families (in partnership with Ardsley Rise Against Hunger)
- Stormwater Project outreach
- Sustainable Westchester outreach
- Read-a-Thon at the Ardsley Library (with Ardsley Friends of the Library)
- Sensory Heaven sensory toys and educational information
- Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps (ASVAC)
- Gigi's Playhouse crafting cards and decor for the space
- Ardsley HEART Nominating Champions of Belonging and created welcome kits for our newest neighbors
- Little League McDowell Park cleanup, hosted by Ardsley Little League
- Ardsley Village invasive vines and trash removed
Town of Greenburgh article: https://greenburghny.com/m/
News 12 report: https://westchester.news12.com/volunteers-pack-20000-meals-as-ardsley-cares-day-brings-community-together
See you next year!
Ardsley Cares Day 2025
Thank you for making Ardsley Cares Day a success! The event surpassed our expectations in every way:
- Volunteers assembled more than 1,200 bags of food, toiletries, and activity kits as well as sporting goods that will directly benefit organizations across our community, including the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, The Sharing Shelf, Lifting Up Westchester, Dobbs Ferry Food Pantry, and Play It Forward. All these supplies were donated by the community and collected at different schools.
- Ardsley Community Enrichment (ACE PTO) made a tremendous contribution by packing over 400 snack bags for Midnight Run.
- Our environmental team along with a local scout troop made a significant impact by clearing invasive vines and cleaning Macy Park with more than 400 pounds of trash collected, helping to preserve one of our community's valuable natural spaces.
- A dedicated team of young kids and local girl scout troops who came together to bake dog biscuits. Over 2 hours, they baked and packed 500 dog biscuits to donate to the Yonkers Animal Shelter.
- Most impressively, we had more than 300 volunteers participate, including a large turnout from local scout troops and students. The enthusiastic involvement of our young community members was particularly heartening to see.
- Community organizations such as ASVAC and Stormwater Management hosted informative outreach tables, while the fire department generously provided a delicious breakfast and brought a fire truck for everyone to enjoy.
It was truly a day that filled us with a sense of pride. We are deeply honored to be part of such a caring, dedicated, and collaborative community where so many individuals and organizations come together for the greater good.
Local News Coverage:
Ardsley Cares Day 2025
