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...
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...
On June 18th, ten Steuben County residents graduated from the Food Bank’s Speakers Bureau in Bath and spoke in front of an audience of about 90 community members. The speakers shared their stories about poverty, homelessness, addiction, domestic violence,...
Dear Friends,I was honored to attend the graduation ceremony for our third Speakers Bureau class in Bath this summer. These events are alwaysinspiring as we bear witness to the graduates’ powerful stories of poverty, trauma and incredible resilience. One...
Josephine Burrell has been advocating for low-income housing for more than half her 77 years. And now, she wants to build low-income homes. Tiny homes. Homes that people with low-to-moderate incomes can own, afford and take pride in maintaining.“It’s not...
Any given Tuesday or Thursday, you’ll find volunteer Frank Bohman, of Pine City, hard at work — with a smile for everyone — in our warehouse.“Like clockwork,” says Volunteer Coordinator Jen Harris, “Frank arrives every Tuesday and Thursday for morning...
School bus drivers across the country take responsibility for our children every day, transporting them to and from school safely. In Painted Post, they are going the extra mile to make sure families have enough to eat.On the last Saturday of each month,...
Anis Fadul is Director of Marketing & Strategy for New Business Development at Corning Incorporated. He has volunteered for four years on the planning committee for Tour de Keuka, a charity bike ride through Keuka Lake wine country. He joined our Board...
The Food Bank of the Southern Tier recognizes our friend and partner Laurie Ellis on her retirement from Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga. Laurie has been the Director of the Tioga Outreach Center and our agency partner with the center’s food pantry in...
This Mother’s Day, honor or remember Mom and any special person in your life with a donation that makes a difference in the lives of mothers in our community today. Starting April 26, Wegmans Food Markets and our Board of Directors have joined together to...