Ace Farms Donates to Local Food Banks!

MONROE - Ace Egg Farms in the Monroe area has donated 15,120 eggs to a number of food banks in the Mid-Hudson in an effort to make Easter a little more egg-citing for families.

Ace Vice President Michael Grindrod said they have donated eggs for years.

This is the first time they have done it to different food pantries. In the last two years, the donated their entire allotment to the Food Bank of Westchester County, but this Easter decided to donate them to the local food pantries as well, "due to the economic times and we want to get more involved with the communities," he said.

This year, Ace Farms donated eggs to the Highland Mills Food Pantry, Montgomery Food Pantry, the Food Bank of Westchester and Monroe Food Pantry.

Grindrod said 15,000 eggs are valued at almost $1,200.