Welcome
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 www.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
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 2018)
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Happy Spring! When I think of spring I think of gardening. I start
pulling out my empty garden containers, I go buy seeds and soil and
I start some of the seeds indoors. How about you?
Many of you are aware of the amazing garden that we have been able
to have over at the Vineyard Church. For several years, the Vineyard
has hosted a garden that we benefit from. Last year, we had a woman
who graciously volunteered to coordinate the garden. Suzanne gave up
many, many hours to organize and maintain the garden. Well this year
Suzanne is unavailable and we have struggled in the past to get
consistent volunteers. We really need your help or we will not get
the produce we have been so fortunate of to receive in the past. It
has been wonderful to be able to share the healthy produce with our
clients, some of which they had never tried before. We usually
provide a 5 ingredient (or less) recipe to go along with some of our
summer and fall harvest.
There are about 30 beds and we are looking for volunteers to
plant/adopt a 4x8 raised bed. The vegetable choices would come from
us, but let’s say you decide to be responsible for a bed of
tomatoes. You would be responsible for cleaning out the bed, adding
compost, adding the plants, watering, weeding and harvesting the
plants of that item. Water would be supplied by the Vineyard. After
tomato season is done, then so are you. In addition to this, we will
be trying out some incentives with this approach such as getting a
bed for your own gardening. Or planting a garden in the bed and you
give us a couple of rows. We are open to suggestions. PLEASE contact
me as soon as possible if you would be interested in volunteering at
the garden. 585-336-9107 or iccdebbieevans@gmail.com
I hope this is something that will continue as our clients really
look forward to the fresh produce we have been able to supply via
this garden. This would be a great way for a school group, a group
from church, one of our civic organizations in town or a family to
“Help us Help others” in our community. All year long I receive
calls from people who want to volunteer and get involved with ICC,
well this is a great way to do that.
We have had a lot of donations so far this spring; churches for
Lent, neighbors, Scouting for Food, etc; thank you so much for your
generosity! I will be getting a list of our donors up on our
facebook page shortly. (listed below in an INCOMPLETE list)
Fingers crossed for some nice, sunny, WARM weather; I am ready for
it!
Sincerely,
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