Free food pantries and programs in Ithaca and Tompkins County

An announcement from:

FRIENDSHIP DONATIONS NETWORK (FDN)

Food rescue and distribution program; www.friendshipdonations.org

LIST OF FREE fresh FOOD PANTRIES and PROGRAMS

Revised 12-1-11

FDN provides produce, breads, desserts, dairy, deli, and groceries (if available) to the programs listed below. Always double check the www.friendshipdonations.org website for the most up-to-date listings and for information about how to donate.

Monday to Friday:

·      Free daily meals at Loaves and Fishes. No income guidelines. All are welcome. Location: St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at noon; Tuesday, Thursday at 5:30 pm

·      Excess is shared with Freedom Village USA: Rehab center – 160 troubled teens plus staff on Mondays

Tuesdays:

·      Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry. Seneca near Geneva St., Ithaca 1:00 to 1:45 p.m.

Wednesdays:

·      Bread of life Food Pantry, Rt. 96, (temporary location) ambulance building next to Post Office, Candor, NY, 3:00-6:00p.m.

Thursdays:

·      Halsey Valley Pantry, GAR building, Hamilton Rd, Halsey Valley, NY, 4-4:45 p.m. NO HALSEY VALLEY PANTRY ON THIRD THURSDAY

·      Snacks for TC Probation Department and youth programs

·      Ithaca Youth Bureau

3rd Thursday (Dec. 15th): Danby Food Pantry, for residents only,

Danby Federated Church, Rt. 96B.  3 to 7 p.m.

Fridays:

·      Interlaken Reformed Church Pantry, Rt. 96 – 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

·      Food is shared with four non-profit programs:

o      Cayuga Addiction and Recovery Services; Northern Lights Learning Center Families; outreach to low-wage work sites, youth groups, senior housing and families in trailer parks.

Saturdays and Sundays:

·      Free hot meal served at Salvation army, 150 N. Albany St, Ithaca, NY -Saturday -noon; Sunday – 3 pm (not an FDN program)

·      1st Saturday: Catlin First Methodist Church Pantry.  2:00-4:00pm

·      2nd Saturday: Grace Lee Wesleyan Church Pantry, Beaver Dams, NY, 2pm

·      3rd Saturday: Pantry #1 Worker’s Center – Linderman Creek Pantry, Community Room 12-12:30

·      3rd Saturday: Pantry #2 Sovereign Grace Baptist Church Pantry, Addison, Stuben county, 11:45

·      4th Saturday: United Church of Christ, McLean Church: Pantry 1:30-2:15

·      5th Saturday: Outreach to rural trailer parks

Sundays (Alternating Weeks):

·      West Village Apartments Food Pantry (12/4/2011, 12/18. etc.)

in apartment parking lot in front of Apt #637, 12:30-1:30

·      Overlook Apartments, (12/4/2011, 12/18. etc.)

Community Room, noon – 12:30

·      Reach Out For Christ Church Pantry, (12/11/2011, etc.)

318 Johnson Road, Freeville, NY at noon

Eligibility:

Limit: 1 pantry per week.

Suggested Monthly Income: 1 person -$1,500; 2 people – $1,800; 3 people – up to $2,000; 4 people – to $2,300