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The Food Cupboard began as a grassroots effort to share food resources to a few dozen families and individuals in the early 1990’s. Prior to our current location, we held operations in a small house owned by St. Patrick’s Church on High Street in Victor, NY. Volunteers would be throughout the house packing food into bags and handing them
The Food Cupboard began as a grassroots effort to share food resources to a few dozen families and individuals in the early 1990’s. Prior to our current location, we held operations in a small house owned by St. Patrick’s Church on High Street in Victor, NY. Volunteers would be throughout the house packing food into bags and handing them out to families. As our number of clients grew to a consistent 50-75 households per month, we began to make the move to a “client choice” process. The number of clients continued to grow and over the years we expanded from serving 125 to more than 600 families per month . This quickly made it clear that a new location would soon be a necessity and the decision was made to move to Commercial Drive in Farmington. In July of 2020, after an exhaustive search for a larger space to meet our growing needs, we moved to 6548 Anthony Drive in Victor, NY. We are happy to be a source of help and we proudly service all of Ontario County. We wouldn’t be where we are without the help of our local friends, businesses, and churches. We welcome questions and conversations about hunger so please give us a call, message us on Facebook or email our director. We typically can give 3-5 days’ worth of food to families who live in Ontario County. In addition, we will feed anyone in emergency food need (out of food) no matter where they live, which has often meant someone residing in a vehicle or outside. Also, be on the look out for our holiday food basket programs for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. If you have an idea for a program we could collaborate on, please ask, we love to brainstorm!
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Volunteer
Our Approach
Volunteer
While we are always in search of volunteers for the Food Cupboard, we do want to invite you to stop by to pick up an application. We would love to have you see the Food Cupboard and chat with one of our directors so that we can answer any questions you may have. Please call to set up a convenient time to tour our location or email Karen@vffood.org.
Our Approach
Our Approach
Our Approach
We are part of the Foodlink network (www.foodlinkny.org) and follow their guidelines for food safety. We have signed up to be part of the Healthy Pantry Initiative and have committed to ensuring that our customers have consistent access to fresh fruits and vegetables so that we are part of the road back to health for families and seniors
We are part of the Foodlink network (www.foodlinkny.org) and follow their guidelines for food safety. We have signed up to be part of the Healthy Pantry Initiative and have committed to ensuring that our customers have consistent access to fresh fruits and vegetables so that we are part of the road back to health for families and seniors in our region. We typically give 5 days worth of food and customers are able to make appointments to pick up food twice per month. Additionally, tables are set up behind our location several days a week depending on the weather. No appointment is needed to shop from those tables.