Just before winter break, children flooded the hallways at Enfield Elementary School in Tompkins County with handmade t-shirt bags loaded with produce slung over their shoulders. Kids in Taura McMeekin’s third-grade class gathered in a circle and dumped...
From Natasha R. Thompson,President & CEO of the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Health starts in our homes, our schools and work places, our neighborhoods and communities. Conditions in the places where people live, learn and work affect a wide range of...
Before the start of a recent Mobile Food Pantry in Broome County, a group of about 15 is gathered around vehicles at the Colesville Volunteer Ambulance Company to taste a recipe for a pinto bean salad. Elisa Rocks, one of the Food Bank’s two registered...
Jessica Renner, Regional President of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, and her staff are at the forefront of community collaboration on healthcare and the social determinants of health. “We are in a new era of coming together with community agencies and...
Patricia Roe looks over the produce, frozen meats and dairy projects on folding tables in the community center at North Shore Towers apartments in Binghamton at a recent Senior Mobile Food Pantry. “I think it’s wonderful,” she says, putting fresh apples...
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...
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...