The Food Pantry
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Food Pantry
The Food Pantry has non perishable foods including beans, lentils, pasta and rice, canned tuna and other proteins, flour, cereals, and crackers, canned vegetables and fruits.
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Fresh fruits and vegetables and dairy items may also be available.
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Make sure to check out the supply of assorted fresh breads, rolls and pastries donated by store partners.
Pop-Up Pantries
Free Food for All!
Foodlink Pop-up Pantries bring emergency food relief to parts of our service area that have limited access to traditional food pantries. Foodlink collects and safely stores food donations, and we rely on dozens of community partners to recruit volunteers and host distribution events on a monthly or bimonthly basis.
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Pop-up Pantries help us quickly distribute healthy food, primarily in rural communities, throughout our 10-county service area.
Foodlink Support
We obtains free and low-cost food to stock our Pantry through our partnership with Foodlink, a regional food bank located in Rochester, New York. We stock our shelves with items from all food groups enabling those we serve to have access to a balanced and nutritious diet.
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Other partners such as Wegmans provide fresh produce, meat, dairy products, and baked goods for us to pick up seven days a week.Farmers and other food suppliers also donate so that we may offer a good selection of basic food items for those in need.
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Fresh Produce
Garden surplus is always welcome as we strive to offer healthy options, especially fresh produce. Some friends in our community even intentionally grow extra for us. We are grateful! To donate, simply drop off during normal hours.
How you can help?
We accept dry and canned food donations. What does that mean? Basically, any food that is “shelf-stable” or nonperishable – you can keep it in your pantry and it won’t go bad. And remember, only donate food that hasn’t reached its “sell-by” date yet. Specifically, food pantries often need items like:
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Peanut butter
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Canned soup
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Canned fruit
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Canned vegetables
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Canned stew
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Canned fish
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Canned beans
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Pasta (most prefer whole grain)
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Rice (most prefer brown rice)
That’s not an exhaustive list, but it covers much of we regularly need.
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If you’ve decided a food donation isn’t your thing, consider making a monetary donation instead!