The Food Bank of the Southern Tier has received $4,000 from the Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County to support the Kids’ Farmers Market at the Groton Library. The Groton Kids’ Farmers Market program provides free fruits and vegetables in a farmers market-style set up...
The Food Bank of the Southern Tier has received $10,000 from the Corning Incorporated Foundation to support the School Food Pantry at the Bush Campus of GST BOCES.The Bush Campus in Elmira Heights serves mainly low-income students with specialized education needs. The...
Binghamton, NY - Tracy Maines, author of My Cottage Kitchen Cookbook, presented a donation of $52,000 to the Food Bank of the Southern Tier before the start of the Mobile Food Pantry at Maines Community Center in Conklin Friday, Dec. 20.Tracy also helped...
Members of two local churches recently dropped by to deliver donations collected by congregations headed by Pastor Mike Kelly. Congregants of Newfield United Methodist Church and Corning Grace Methodist Church donated enough to provide more than 19,000...
Many of the Food Bank’s supporters have submitted comments on proposed rules that would diminish Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility for millions of Americans. The Trump administration has proposed an unprecedented number of changes that would...
Hermoine Buckley knows what it’s like to need a little help, and she enjoys the opportunity to lend a hand. Hermoine works with her classmates at the GST BOCES Bush Campus School Food Pantry in Elmira Heights to help families who struggle to provide enough...
The fall season always reminds me that we live in one of the most beautiful parts of the country. I love driving into work each morning along country roads framed by rolling hills, farmland, and quaint small towns. This time of year, when the trees are ablaze with...
Amazing things happen when our community comes together in support of a common goal!Thanks to the creative energy of one of our long-time corporate partners, Mengel Metzger Barr & Company, 15 businesses visited our warehouse in the spirit of camaraderie and...
Every year, Doug Mugglin of Corning donates his time to the Food Bank as a member of the Tour de Keuka bike ride planning committee and the Corning Incorporated Foundation makes a gift to the Food Bank on his behalf through its Dollars for Doers...