Stacey Langenthal, secretary of the Rotary Club of Millbrook, and former club president Mona Staaf Gunther celebrating the launch of the Community Fridge on Saturday, May 20, at the Millbrook Library. Photo by Judith O’Hara Balfe

MILLBROOK —  The Rotary Club of Millbrook celebrated the Rotary Day of Service on Saturday, May 20, by holding a food drive at the Millbrook Library, which launched the Community Fridge.

Located in the library’s lobby, the refrigerator will remain there so that people may donate fresh foods and other items requiring refrigeration, and those who need them can simply take them. Donations were also being received that day in front of Marona’s Market.

Members of the Rotary Club were on hand at the library to explain about the Millbrook Community Fridge as well as share information about Lyall Food Pantry and Comida de Vida in Amenia, their missions and how to support them and get involved. All fresh and/or shelf-stable food donations went to fill the fridge and to the pantries.

Among those who visited and made donations were former New York State Sen. Sue Serino, who is running for county executive, and Matthew A. Weishaupt, chief assistant district attorney for Dutchess County.

Said club secretary Stacey Langenthal. “The Community Fridge is for anyone who needs fresh food — no questions asked and no paperwork. Come and take what you need whenever the library is open!”