Celebrating Local Flavors and Community Spirit, Fundraiser Supports Equitable Access to High-Quality Child Care
July 16, 2026 (Mount Kisco, NY) — Mount Kisco Child Care Center (MKCCC), a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring every child has access to high-quality early childhood education regardless of a family’s financial circumstances is proud to announce the culinary partners for its 22nd Annual Feed Me Fresh: An Edible Evening. The event will take place on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at the beautiful Ivanna Farms in Mount Kisco. Every ticket purchased, sponsorship secured, and paddle raised helps provide scholarships that make high quality early childhood education accessible to local working families.
For more than two decades, Feed Me Fresh has served as MKCCC’s signature fundraising event, bringing together community leaders, local businesses, and acclaimed chefs to support the Center’s mission while raising critical scholarship funds for local underserved children. The evening celebrates MKCCC’s innovative Feed Me Fresh seed-to-table curriculum, which teaches children about nutrition, gardening, and healthy cooking through hands-on experiences that inspire lifelong healthy habits and supplements critical nutrition needs of our food-insecure students.
“Feed Me Fresh is so much more than a fundraiser. Inspired by our signature Feed Me Fresh curriculum,it’s a celebration of what happens when a community comes together to invest in children,” said Dawn Meyerski, Executive Director of MKCCC. “Every restaurant, sponsor, volunteer, and guest plays an important role in helping us provide life-changing early education and scholarship assistance for local working families. We are incredibly grateful for their continued generosity and partnership.”
Guests will enjoy tastings from many local favorites including A & S Marketplace, Ben & Jerry’s, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, Conte’s Seafood, Kittle House Inn, Exit 4 Food Hall, Ladle of Love, Little Kebab Station, Little Pink Cup, Lexington Square Café, Mentor’s Mediterranean Steakhouse, Mimi’s Coffee House, Monarca, and Village Social. Newcomers Butter & Brie, CariBytes, and Dodd’s Wine & Spirits will also participate in this year’s event. In a special collaboration, Chef Tommy Calandrucci of Stone Fire and Chef Maarten Steenman of La Tulipe Desserts will once again team up to prepare a stunning three-course dinner during the evening’s program. From longtime favorites to exciting new participants, each culinary partner generously donates their time, talent, and signature dishes in support of MKCCC’s mission.
The event is made possible through the generosity of sponsors whose support directly benefits MKCCC’s Scholarship Fund. Today, approximately 60% of children enrolled at Mount Kisco Child Care Center receive some level of tuition assistance, ensuring that high-quality early education remains accessible to working families throughout Northern Westchester regardless of financial circumstances.
Corporate Sponsors include 5C Capital Management, Atlantic Westchester, CBRE, CClean, JP McHale Pest Management, Kohlberg & Company, Last Mile NYC, Mt. Kisco Chamber of Commerce & Rotary Club, Morgan Stanley and Newmark.
Individual Sponsors include Whitney Hanson Ayala & Marc Ayala, Paula & Dan Backer, Sakurako & Alain Biem, The Sigmund Cohn Family Foundation, Thomas Coleman and Sarah Fashena, Amy & Jon Epstein, Eric Hadar, Barbara Klein, Denise & Jeff Koslowsky, Elizabeth Marwell, Vicki & Stuart Marwell, Leslie Cecil & Creighton Michael, Anne & Pat Papaelias, Kelly & Michael Slomsky, Beverley Streeter, and Keira & Tim Treanor.
Media Sponsors include The Inside Press, Bedford & New Canaan Magazine and Northern Westchester Moms.
This year’s Feed Me Fresh Gala will honor longtime champions Paula Backer and Joanne Stewart, in recognition of their extraordinary leadership, philanthropy, and unwavering commitment to Mount Kisco Child Care Center. MKCCC is also proud to present its Honorable Mention Award to the Global Scholars Program at Byram Hills High School, recognizing the students’ outstanding commitment to service, leadership, and community engagement
In addition to extraordinary cuisine, guests will enjoy signature cocktails, live entertainment, exciting auction experiences, and inspiring opportunities throughout the evening to invest in the future of local children.
Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available at www.mkccc.org/fmftickets. Guests are encouraged to reserve early, as Feed Me Fresh has sold out in recent years.
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About Mount Kisco Child Care Center
Mount Kisco Child Care Center is a nonprofit, accredited child care facility that helps working families thrive by providing equitable access to high-quality care and early education for a diverse group of children. Since 1971, MKCCC has offered innovative, developmentally appropriate programming, including the Feed Me Fresh seed-to-table nutrition curriculum, while holistically supporting family needs through partnerships, scholarships, and before- and after-school care.
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