Welcome
TEMPORARY POLICY
When you arrive at ICC at your scheduled food pickup
time, please drive past our building, turn around and pull up along the
edge of ICC. We will bring your items to your car, instead of you coming inside
the building.
Thank you for your cooperation.
The Irondequoit Community Cupboard has always been
about “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.” The corona virus is here and We
really dont know much about it except that the elderly population and
those with compromised immune systems are most susceptible.
If you are an at risk Irondequoit resident who is elderly or has a
compromised immune system such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
COPD, and those receiving cancer treatment, I will bring you emergency
food. I do not want you to put yourself at a higher risk than necessary.
Please contact me directly at iccdebbieevans@gmail.com if you would like
me to do this for you.
Debbie
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.”
Amazon.com for ICC
This will only take a moment of your time; I know you shop at Amazon,
especially for the holidays. You can help the Irondequoit Community
Cupboard just by going to
https://smile.amazon.com and then
type in Irondequoit Community Cupboard You would then continue to shop
whatever it was you were shopping for and we get a (small) dollar
percentage of your order. So we win for you doing what you were going to
do anyway. This would be a great and easy way for you to “Help us Help
others” in our community.
For more information you can go to Facebook page for up to date photos
and info
https://www.facebook.com/Irondequoit-Community-Cupboard-Inc-180196068672489/?fref=ts
United Way
Remember us at United Way giving time we are designee #2466
Bottle and Can Returns
Great news!!! Thanks to Bob Schultz for making me aware of a unique (to
us) way for us to raise some money. If you need to return bottles and
cans, and who doesn’t, you can bring them to Quick Cans Recycling at 471
East Ridge Road, Rochester, NY 14621, and donate the proceeds to us just
by mentioning the Irondequoit Community Cupboard.
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"
(April 2021)
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month and I don’t
know if there has been a time, in recent history, when we need to
show thanks and gratitude to those who volunteer at organizations
like ours. This past year has been devastating for so many and if we
did not have their amazing dedication and support, we would not have
been able to keep our doors open.
From the very beginning we knew that remaining open and making sure
our community had access to food, toiletries, and emergency supplies
would be imperative. We knew that making sure kids had access to
food both at school and at home would make a huge impact on their
ability to stay focused. We knew that getting food to those who
could not or were too afraid to leave their homes was imperative. We
knew that working through issues, listening, and being there for you
could make all the difference in the world to making sure we would
all be ok.
Yes, we had many, many volunteers that were not able to come in due
to Covid but we had others who could remain and at their own risk.
While we did what we could to mitigate any health hazards, we just
didn’t know enough about this virus to be able to say with 100%
certainty that they would be safe at our facility. Our volunteers
saw the anguish on faces of those who had lost loved ones, knew
people who had been or were sick and yet they still came in. People
were frustrated at the lack of necessities they could find at stores
and they were upset watching prices rise for supplies they needed.
So many people were laid off and this was new to them. All we wanted
to do was give them a hug, yet we were divided by a phone or a car
window.
So now, a year later, please join me in thanking anyone who was on
the front line at nonprofits like ours, risking their health and
safety to make sure everyone we knew about had access to healthy
food, toiletries and essentials. like the volunteers of the
Irondequoit Community Cupboard. We all owe them a debt of gratitude
that really is beyond words. I know I am so grateful to my family
who stepped in without me asking, our amazing Board of Directors
that came in to do anything and everything that needed to be done
and most definitely to the amazing men and women, residents of our
beautiful town, who came in to help day after day, week after week,
month after month.
We are slowly getting back to what may be a new normal, we try and
thank everyone for all of your contributions but sometimes we miss
someone, if that has happened to you, I sincerely apologize. Thank
you so much to all of you who somehow were able to find necessities
either at stores or online and made purchases to donate these items
every time we were open. We didn’t always get your name, most times
you didn’t want any recognition but know we are celebrating you
today and every day! The response from our community is amazing, yet
not surprising as I have always known what a generous and remarkable
community Irondequoit is.
While April is a month set aside for thanking all of our volunteers,
I hope you know how grateful we are each and every day. To all of
you who have supported us through these difficult times, thank you.
Hopefully better days are ahead.
Below is a letter from our Garden Coordinator, Anne. If you would
like to help with the garden or can donate supplies listed below,
please let her know. Spring is here and we look forward to the
amazing produce that comes from the land so generously donated by
the Vineyard Church. Thank you to all of you and your families who
go and weed, water, harvest and deliver fresh produce to our doors
for us to share with our clients, it is such a treasure.
Sincerely,
Debbie Evans, President
Garden Coordinator Anne at Irondequoitccgarden@gmail.com if you are
interested in helping or providing resources for our garden. Here is
the list of things they will be tackling this year. Here is a
partial letter from Anne:
Right now, I am looking to confirm who would like to work in the
garden this year and what you'd like to help with. As with previous
years, we will need people for harvests on Tuesday and Saturday
mornings from 7:30-8:45, we will need people to help with planting
and weeding, and we will need volunteers for daily watering.
Please reply to me and let me know what you'd like to help with if
anything - so that I can make sure we have enough volunteers to
cover everything that needs to get done. If you no longer wish to
receive these emails, please let me know so that I can take you off
of this list. If you know anyone else that would like to help out,
please feel free to give out this email address and I will add them
to these emails going forward.
Below is a list of other projects I am hoping to work on this year -
it may not be possible to get everything done in one Spring/Summer
season, but a girl can dream!
*Re-doing the fence around the outside of the garden-
Currently, the fence around the garden is plastic netting that is
attached to wooden posts. We would like to dig into the ground
around the perimeter and put in a sturdier fencing, at least near
the ground, in the hopes that it will keep out smaller animals and
increase our vegetable and fruit harvests for the Community
Cupboard.
*Replacing the beds that did not get replaced last year-
Last year, about 20 of our beds were replaced with help from the
pastor at the Vineyard church and a volunteer. We would like to
replace the remaining beds as some of them are starting to fall
apart/rot from the elements and several years of use. The materials
for the bed replacement last year cost around $1000, and it took a
few days for the new beds to be built.
*Re-filling beds with compost/soil –
We try to do this every year or two to make sure the beds are full
of nutrient-rich soil and compost. If we are replacing some of the
beds, more soil will be needed to fill those beds back up.
*Tilling and adding soil for a new corn field– (if anyone has a
rototiller)
There is a section of the garden that used to have berry bushes, but
they have since been removed. This year, I am hoping to clear that
area and till the soil so we can plant a small corn field. This will
require pulling out all plants and weeds that are currently in that
section, tilling the soil, and adding fresh compost to help the corn
grow.
Sincerely,
Debbie Evans, President
Executive Director
(585)336-9107
Lisa Loeser, Chairperson
MaryJo Toepfer, Vice Chairperson
John Kane, Treasurer
Cherie Evans, Secretary
Diane Zaccarine, Corresponding Secretary
Mary Bragg, Board Member
Carolyn DeHond, Board Member
John Villeneuve, Board Member
WAYS TO GIVE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
* Go to RoctheDay.org and then Irondequoit Community Cupboard -every
dollar makes a difference. Starting at midnight 12/1/2020
* Go to our website at www.irondequoitcommunitycupboard.org and click on
our Paypal link.
* Look at our Top 10 list always listed on our Facebook page or our
website. (see below) and choose an item to purchase for us
* Donate food items for our Holiday basket
* Donate food items for our Weekend Backpack Program
* Donate gift cards for those who come to us from now through our winter
break as our Special Santa program deadline has passed.
* Check donations can be made payable to ICC c/o Debbie Evans
PO Box 17834 Rochester, NY 14617