Welcome
Join Team Irondequoit Community Cupboard in the
Wegmans East Avenue Grocery Run!
Use this link to register with ICC.
https://runsignup.com/Race/
Thank you for your support!
Picking up your items...
When you arrive at ICC at your scheduled food pickup
time, please drive into the parking lot and follow the arrows, directing
you to the side door pickup area at our building. We will bring your items to your car.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Irondequoit Community Cupboard, Inc.
The Irondequoit Community Cupboard, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization designed to meet a variety of needs for families and individuals in the Town of Irondequoit, NY.
Mission Statement
“To provide emergency assistance to Irondequoit residents with dignity, kindness and without prejudice.”
Vision
"To raise awareness of the presence and impact of hunger and poverty in our
community. We envision a community where all people share resources to ensure
that residents’ basic needs are met in times of limited resources.
We advocate for and reach out to those in need and try to influence public
policy so that every person in our community has the necessary support and
resources to enhance nutrition, health and welfare.”
United Way
Remember us at United Way giving time we are designee #2466
If you are in need of
assistance, please call (585) 336-9107.
(no appointments are made online)
Distribution Hours (BY
APPOINTMENT ONLY)
Tuesday & Saturday from 9:30AM - 11:00AM.
Office Hours (BY PHONE ONLY)
Monday & Wednesday 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Fridays 9:00AM-12:00PM
"Letter from the President"
(October 2025)
Dear Friends,
I hope that you are enjoying this cool fall weather. As much as I
enjoy the changing colors of fall foliage, I miss summer already. I
am however, excited that my Buffalo Bills are currently 4-0. 😊 If
anyone has any large, XL, XXL and larger gently used winter coats,
we would love it if you would consider donating them to us.
As many of you know, these are challenging, concerning and uncertain
times; not just for us as an emergency food pantry, but more
importantly for our clients. They are calling me scared. The
increase in food costs, the increase in utility costs, the
uncertainty of their health insurance, is very scary to those who
participate in the following programs:
*SNAP (formerly known as food stamps)
https://www.ny.gov/services/apply-snap
*WIC ( Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children,)
*HEAP
https://otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/
*TANF (temporary assistance for needy families)
https://www.usa.gov/welfare-benefits
The very thought of having these programs cut or reduced causes
tremendous anxiety as you can imagine. I tell everyone that when you
live paycheck to paycheck, this could be any one of us. You could
lose your job, have your hours cut or have one incident like a car
breaking down, your pet becoming ill, your furnace breaking…. you
get what I am trying to say.
Seniors live on fixed incomes; when the cost of living wages go up,
your food stamp dollars decrease; you never win. The cost of living
does not increase with the economy. Same with adults with
disabilities, or those living on *TANF
This week we had a zoom meeting with Foodlink as an update to what
is happening due to the shutdown. We were relieved to hear that the
programs listed above (besides HEAP) will continue through the month
as the money has already been shifted to cover this. The cycle for
HEAP ended in April and will not begin again until January. However,
HEAP has already been zeroed out of the 2026 federal budget. The
staff has already been let go and NY (and other states) rely heavily
on federal support for this program.
The reason I have given you all this information is because we are
constantly being asked about this both from our clients and our
donors. You can read the information and share it with others that
you know may need to know about the changes.
All of that being said, I am assuming this year the holidays will be
even more of a strain to all of us but especially to those who are
already struggling. Below is the information regarding our holiday
signups:
Everyone MUST be an Irondequoit resident. The exception to this is
Urban Suburban families as they ARE an Irondequoit family.
Thanksgiving, Special Santa and Holiday meal sign-ups begin this
Saturday from 11:15am to 12:00pm
Sign-ups will continue every Tuesday and Saturday from 11:15am
-12:00pm until the deadline.
The deadline for Thanksgiving and the Special Santa Program is
November 8th.
Every adult will need to bring a current month’s bill or a copy of a
lease for every adult in the household.
Children participating in the Special Santa program must live full
time with the legal guardian. The exception to this is
The Special Santa list will be sent out to our distribution list on
November 10th.
The deadline for the Holiday meal is December 9th.
Thank you so much to those of you who drop off items at the
Irondequoit Library, The Irondequoit Community Center, and the Ridge
Culver Fire Dept.
The Irondequoit Professional Fire Dept Association
Jean Gloss
Robin Winters
Sara Senour
Donna and Paul Hennessey
Richard Harris
Donna and Bill Torpey
Marianne Valerio
Charlie and Christine Clark
Kathy Amen
Claudia Campanella
The Ruth Circle IUCC
Randy Schumm
Patricia Walker
The Assisi Institute
Mary Ellen Larzelere
Diane Hamilton
Peter and Anne Kelderhouse
Robert Ross
IUCC Endowment Fund
Phyliss Stohler
Paula Beaver
Linda and James Dengal
Hilda Milham
Faith Keeley
The Marsh Household
Carol Thiell
The Plunkett Household
The Parloto’s
Judith Lynch
Nicole Dube
Rosemary Parker
Luke and Marcy Gabello
Mae Dinardo
Jerry and Norma Hortop
East Irondequoit Central School District in honor of the retirement
of Susan Elliott-Mauro
Sandy Cordingley
Julia Thomas
Canandaigua Natl Community Foundation
The Stout Household
Pat
Don and Nancy
The Bissinger Household
Randy Schumm
State Employees Federated Appeal through United Way (City of
Rochester)
Darlene Morgan
The Cole household
The Wilson and Dattilo household
Mark Slocum
The Wylie household
Lastly, we know everyone who donates food does so because they want
to assist those in our community who are struggling. Lately we have
been receiving items like peanut butter, mayo, bread crumbs etc that
have already been opened and used. Unfortunately, because we cannot
try to open every item that comes in, a few have slipped through the
cracks and have been given to our clients. I know this isn’t your
intention so could you please try and check the items you are
donating. We would definitely appreciate it. 😊
Thank you from all of us at ICC, we are truly grateful to all of
you!
Sincerely
Debbie Evans
Founder and President
Our amazing and talented, hardworking Board of Directors
Lisa Loeser, Chairperson
MaryJo Toepfer, Vice Chairperson
John Kane, Treasurer
Cherie Evans, Secretary
Mary Bragg, Board Member
Rachel DeBlieck, Board Member
John Villeneuve, Board Member
Emily Arnold, Board Member
Diane Zaccarine, Board Member
Emily Wayland, Board Member
WAYS TO DONATE
* Go to our website at www.irondequoitcommunitycupboard.org and click on
our Paypal link or use the QR code from your Smartphone.
* Look at our Top 10 list always listed on our Facebook page or our
website and choose an item to purchase for us
* Donate food items and drop them off at any of our drop-off sites
* Donate gift cards for those who come to us after all of our deadlines have passed.
* Check donations can be made payable to ICC c/o Debbie Evans
PO Box 17834 Rochester, NY 14617