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Your comments matter!
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...
A Natural Fit
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...
President’s Message
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...
The Leader of the Pack
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...
Dollars for Doers
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...
Whatever it takes
Charles Thomas came to Bath in 2000 a broken man. After 30 years of drug abuse, trouble keeping jobs, and run-ins with the law, he had no choice but to make a change. He was at a Veterans Affairs facility in Pennsylvania when a fellow veteran sang praises...
Park Foundation funds Tompkins County hunger relief
The Food Bank of the Southern Tier has received $25,000 from Ithaca’s Park Foundation to support its work in addressing hunger in Tompkins County. This reflects the Foundation’s recognition of the vital role that food can play as a foundation for justice work and...
How ’bout them apples?
In the early 1990s, Rick and Karen Reisinger just wanted to grow enough apples to pay the taxes on their expansive hillside property above Watkins Glen. Back then, Karen was a personnel manager at an architectural firm and Rick managed Cornell’s research...
State Ag visits Food Bank
Richard A. Ball, Commissioner of New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, visited the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Wednesday, September 25 in recognition of Hunger Action Month. Commissioner Ball, local legislators and other food system...
Glean more, waste less
Did you know you can volunteer to harvest apples for the Food Bank, helping both local farmers and people struggling with food insecurity?Farmers often find themselves with surplus or unmarketable produce, so we send volunteers to local farms to glean this...
