Welcome
NEW LOCATION!
2841 Culver Road
Rochester, NY 14622
(585) 336-9107
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.
All volunteers are fully vaccinated and wear a mask for the health and safety of everyone.
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"
(June 2024)
Dear Friends,
Where is the time going! In just a few short weeks, school will be
out and kids will be home for the summer. While this is a fun time
for most, it is often stressful for many. This is the time of year
when more households face food insecurity. Parents, grandparents and
guardians will skip meals to make sure their kids eat.
Kids are home and SNAP benefits do not increase. East Irondequoit
has a free meal program but not everyone can get there. This is when
families rely on us even more.
We have already seen a sharp increase in the needs of our community.
There are new senior housing apartments that have been built to
bring more seniors and adults with disabilities. We are seeing a
sharp increase in Ukrainian and Turkish families. Families are
struggling with the increased costs of virtually everything. Food,
gas, clothes, utilities. Even at the Dollar Store, nothing is $1
anymore. We are seeing several households that have been displaced
from their homes. As you already know, we have a large increase in
the number of weekly backpacks we provide throughout the school
year. The struggle is real.
Although we are at a new location, we are more visible, and we have
tables outside, PLEASE, please do not leave food items outside our
door. Although our hours aren’t convenient to everyone you CAN drop
off food donations at the Irondequoit Library, The Ridge Culver Fire
Dept and the Irondequoit Community Center.
My next newsletter won’t be until July so once again, we would like
to thank our amazing weekly volunteers who come and pack the
backpacks on Wednesdays and those who deliver them also to the
individual schools on Thursdays. Through their dedication we can
ensure that many kids do not go hungry over the weekend. <3
We often get asked if we take fresh produce, we do.
We get asked if we can take produce from their gardens, we can.
We get asked if we can accept cleaning products, we can as long as
it doesn’t contain bleach.
Though I have always sent out a monthly newsletter and try to post a
“Top 10 List” of items the cupboard needs, I feel redundant to
continue stressing the needs of ICC but here we are. The Top 10 list
for June will include a few more items beyond the 10. We strongly
need the following items to support our residents:
Thank you all so much for your continued support! Enjoy our summer
weather.
Sincerely,
Debbie Evans, Founder and
Executive Director
(585)336-9107
iccdebbieevans@gmail.com
Our amazing and talented, hardworking Board of Directors
Lisa Loeser, Chairperson
MaryJo Toepfer, Vice Chairperson
John Kane, Treasurer
Cherie Evans, Secretary
Diane Zaccarine, Corresponding Secretary
Mary Bragg, Board Member
Rachel DeBlieck, Board Member
John Villeneuve, 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