Welcome
School Supplies
ICC will once again provide school supplies to any
child that lives in Irondequoit - this includes Urban Suburban children.
We strongly believe that every child should begin the year on equal
footing.
Advance registration is required.
Please call 336-9107 if you or someone you know needs school supplies
this year.
Due to covid the Town of Irondequoit and the DPW offered to let us use
the their location. So this year the distribution will be on
Wednesday, August 26th from 6:00-7:30PM.
2629 East Ridge Road
For those who have asked, these are the school
supplies we currently need:
We need
plastic pencil boxes
Crayola markers (fat and thin)
Pencil sharpeners
Plastic folder WITH prongs
Composition notebooks
Pencil bags
Colored pencils
Erasers
Wide ruled spiral notebooks
Pocket folders WITH prongs
Wide ruled filler paper
Highliters
Index cards
Post it notes
1 1/2- 2” hard sided 3 ring binder
Please let parents know that we can help with school supplies during
this difficult time.
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"
(August 2020)
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Can you believe that summer is almost over, and many kids will be
going back to school soon. Summer sure wasn’t what we are used to
and seemed to go by too fast. I realize that school for most will
look different this year and I can only imagine how frustrating and
difficult that might be for you; I truly hope this will all be over
soon. In the meantime, I hope that everyone remains healthy.
Over the past few months, the Irondequoit Community Cupboard has
been very fortunate, as I always say, to live in a community like
ours. Many pantries have closed during this pandemic and we take
great pride in knowing that we have been here to support our
residents, in their time of need, from the very beginning. This is
because of your support, generosity, and kindness. Our community is
always compassionate regarding helping others and this is exactly
what we need more of right now. We all need to continue to pull
together, help each other, look out for each other and be kind to
each other during this difficult and stressful time.
As I am sure you have had to adapt and change, so have we. From the
very beginning we worked with town leaders; the town supervisor and
both school superintendents to ensure that anyone in our community
in need of assistance would get it. We worked to make sure those
with compromised immune systems received food and emergency supplies
delivered to their homes. There were several distributions with the
town and Foodlink to further ensure no one went hungry. Food
programs were set up in the schools and delivery was available to
those who could not get to their nearest school.
We made changes to how we do things at ICC as well. In the
beginning, myself and only a few other people worked at ICC to limit
the number of people who may encounter covid so that contact tracing
would be easier to determine should someone fall ill. No one entered
our building unless they were scheduled to work. We utilized a drop
and go system whereas cars would pull up, pop their trunks and we
would put the food in it for them so no one had to leave their
vehicles. Currently we are continuing to use this model. We also
check temperatures of any worker coming in the building and
everything gets wiped down thoroughly as we prepare to leave.
Donations continue to be made at our loading dock so we can help
unload the donated items again making sure we keep contact to a
minimum.
This year, our annual Back to School Supply night is being held at
the new DPW Dept thanks to the support of this administration. Our
hope in doing it this way is again, so people do not have to leave
their cars and we can put the school supplies right in their trunk.
There wont be as many choices for different backpacks this year but
honestly, we didn’t know how else to do this while also maintaining
proper distance. We realize that these practices may not be ideal
for some, but I hope that people remain patient while we all try to
get through this together.
We have been beyond fortunate to receive donations from so many of
you during this crazy and difficult time. Monetary donations made
through Paypal and mailed to our PO Box have been greatly
appreciated. Food and taxable donations not only have been dropped
off from day 1 of this pandemic but also donations have been dropped
off at the Ridge Culver Fore Dept. In addition, Donations can once
again be dropped off at the Irondequoit Library which I know will
make donating even more convenient for some.
We have seen children do lemonade stands, teens donating birthday
money, individuals, families, small businesses, small organizations
and large have donated both money, food and hygiene products. We
have tried to keep our Top 10 list up to date every week via our
Facebook page and we have noticed many of you purchasing the items
from our list and we couldn’t be more grateful. We have tried to
show our appreciation to each and every one of you so I hope you can
feel our gratitude. (List to follow)
So fall is coming with winter right around the corner, I don’t see
an end to this in our immediate future, in fact I believe it will
get worse but I know our town can endure everything being thrown at
it because we all look out for each other.
Love and appreciation from our entire board, please stay safe and
remember if you need anything, please do not hesitate to call us at
336-9107.
Reminders:
Register for Back to School Supply now
Closed Labor Day weekend
Holiday sign ups begin Saturday October 3rd from 1115am-1200 and
every Saturday through October.
Peace,
Debbie Evans President and
Executive Director
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