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Stories That Strengthen Our Community.
Every meal shared, every partnership formed, every volunteer who gives their time, and every neighbor who walks through our doors becomes part of the Dutchess Outreach story.
Explore the latest stories, community updates, and behind-the-scenes moments that reflect our mission in action.
Recent Press
Dutchess Outreach and American Red Cross partner to provide emergency meals following local disasters
Mid-Hudson News// January 11, 2026
Dutchess Outreach named “Public Health Partnership of the Year”
Mid-Hudson News// May 14, 2025
Farm Stand at Poughkeepsie Town Hall
Town of Poughkeepsie PR// Jan 23, 2025
Helen’s Hope Contributes $60,000 to Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Mid-Hudson News// Dec 13, 2024
Fidelis Care Awards $128,000 in Rural Health Grants…
PR Newswire // Nov 21, 2024
Hunger Rises in Dutchess, Putnam
The Highlands Current // May 24, 2024
Dutchess County’s Food Security Council Holds Inaugural Meeting
Dutchess County Government // May 17, 2024
Serino delivers first State of the County Address (VIDEO)
Mid-Hudson News // Mar 15, 2024
Foodstock Concert to Address Food Insecurity Today (VIDEO)
Mid-Hudson News // Feb 4, 2024
Commentary: The Hunger Emergency
Times Union // Jan 28, 2024
Dutchess Outreach Cooking on a New Level
Mid-Hudson News // Jan 18, 2024
Bardavon and UPAC audiences donated $14,000 for Dutchess Outreach, People’s Place
Daily Freeman // Dec 21, 2023
Hidden Hunger: Unveiling the Crisis of Food Insecurity in the Hudson Valley
Chrongram Magazine (The River Newsroom)// Dec 21, 2023
State allocates millions for food for families program
Mid-Hudson News // Nov 27, 2023
How tackling food insecurity in Hudson Valley hinges on solving the ‘last mile problem’
Poughkeepsie Journal // Nov 21, 2023
Dutchess Outreach partners with Nuvance to treat chronic illnesses
Mid-Hudson News // Feb 21, 2023
Dutchess Outreach receives United Way Holiday Helping Hands Grant
Poughkeepsie Journal // Nov 28, 2022
Dutchess Outreach and Poughkeepsie City School District team up to keep families warm
Mid-Hudson News // Nov 21, 2022
Farm to Food Bank Program now Permanent.
Times Union // June 4, 2021
Thanks to the Nourish New York Farm to Food Bank program Dutchess Outreach has distributed more than 26,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables through our food pantry to date.
“Sarah A. Salem of Dutchess Outreach, the county’s largest food access organization that has operated for nearly 50 years, called the bill’s passage “transformational” for food banks and farmers across the region.
“As health disparities and food insecurity persists and worsens in our community, the need to increase access to healthier foods has never been greater,” said Salem. “Thanks to Nourish New York we have been able to do that on the frontlines in Dutchess County.”
Dutchess Outreach Getting Ready to Say Goodbye to their Executive Director of 31 Years.
Mid-Hudson News // September 2020
Taking on the Challenges of Poverty Dutchess Outreach Makes an Impact
Livelihood Magazine, Hudson Valley Pollinators // Published Thursday, May 3, 2018
“To ensure the effectiveness of Dutchess Outreach as it moves into the future, the nonprofit is doing its best to communicate with similar, nearby organizations to find solutions to shared problems. “One of the things we have started to do more of is think about why our clients are in the situation they are in and examine the factors that exist in our community which contribute to the need for services,” says Salem. “There is deep-seated poverty that exists in small urban communities such as in the city of Newburgh, parts of the city of Kingston, and even in the city of Beacon. We want to help create solutions that can be replicated and shared by working with all of our community partners. There has been some good work done over the years, so we’re trying to capitalize on that and push it forward.”
Free Food Available in Poughkeepsie
MidHudsonNews.com // Published Saturday, July 22, 2017
“Dutchess Outreach, a Poughkeepsie-based organization that addresses food insecurity among other things, has partnered with the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York to distribute fresh fruits and vegetables to the community at no charge.
According to Dutchess Outreach Development Associate Sarah Salem, 26.8 percent of Poughkeepsie suffers from food insecurity which translates to one out of every four houses in the area. ”
Food Market Gives City Residents Healthier Choices
Sarah A. Salem, Poughkeepsie Journal Valley Views // Published 11:52 a.m. ET July 12, 2017
“What makes a community a more desirable place to live, work, and play? Communities are complex structures. Diverse systems of people, organizations, ideas, and behaviors that are always moving, breathing, pulsing, and hopefully, evolving to better suit the needs of those who reside within them. In order to thrive, communities need fuel; a well-functioning economy, good jobs, upstanding community leaders and politicians, strong systems of public transportation, infrastructure, education, human services, space to play, and, most of all, consistent access to quality food. A well-fed quality life…”