STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Hunger Task Force met for the final time in 2025 to elect new leadership, offer community updates, and brainstorm ideas on how to help residents keep their pets even as the financial belt tightens.

Heather Butts, the executive director of H.E.A.L.T.H. For Youths, announced she will be moving on from her position as chair of the task force, but will remain a part of the organization in an emeritus position.

“I just want to say that being chair of the Staten Island Hunger Task Force has been an actual great joy in my life. I’ve really loved working with everybody on our committee. It’s a real family,” Butts told the attendees.

Elections to the task force are held annually, with members nominating each other and themselves for positions.

Elected to

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