Charity Robey has served as “a laboring oar” on the CHNY Program Committee since 2010, providing culinary, organizational, and janitorial services as required. She is a feature writer, and columnist for the Shelter Island Reporter where she writes Island Profile, interviews with notable Shelter Island people, and Off the Fork, a column on home-cooking. Her interests include culinary history, sourdough bread, agricultural practices, fish, and shell fishing.