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.”
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
The Irondequoit Town Hall is NOT a drop off point for
donations.
We are grateful for your kind donations but please, utilize one of our
three drop off points if you are not bringing your items to us at ICC.
The 3 drop off points again are:
The Ridge Culver Fire Dept
The Irondequoit Library
The Irondequoit Community Center
"Letter from the President"
(February 2026)
Dear Friends,
I hope that you are staying warm in this frigid weather. I don’t
know about you, but I am ready for sunshine and spring weather!!
A couple of housekeeping notes:
On our distribution days (Tuesdays and Saturdays) if you were
planning on coming to drop off a donation, please check the weather
reports or listen to the news first. If they are calling for people
to stay off the roads or the wind chill is dangerous, we may not be
open.
If you are a volunteer scheduled for that morning, please text me to
confirm whether we will be open or not if you haven’t heard from me.
If you are a client scheduled for that day, I will personally call
you to let you know if we will be closed. Our primary concern is the
safety and wellbeing of all of you. In 25 years, we have only closed
twice but I want to make everyone aware of our winter policy.
If you are collecting donations from somewhere else to drop off to
us during our hours of operation, PLEASE do not leave food in the
car or your garage. In freezing (or hot) temperatures food can be
damaged, especially canned goods.
If you are cleaning out your cabinets and donating the food in those
cabinets to us, PLEASE check to make sure the items aren’t already
opened or that they are not years beyond a best by date.
We often get asked to put up a food donation hut on our property.
The reason we cannot, and you should not, is the food, even dry
goods can become unsafe in freezing and hot temperatures. The
sentiment behind this is beautiful but I know that you all want the
food donated and picked up to be safe.
If you have generously donated to ICC, especially in the form of a
check that gets withdrawn from a trust, a fidelity account, Paypal
or other places that distribute at your request and have not
received a thank you note from us it is because they do not always
provide an address or email address. I promise you we are grateful
for each and every donation we receive, and we send thank you notes
out and / or acknowledge you via our newsletter and website. If you
haven’t received an acknowledgement from us, PLEASE let us know.
As you know 2025 was a difficult year for many and so far it is not
letting up. More and more people are struggling to pay their
mortgage, their rent, their utility bills, purchase groceries and go
to the doctor. With your help we have been able to assist residents
of Irondequoit with food, coats, hats, gloves, school supplies,
weekend backpacks of food for the elementary schools, a monthly bag
of snacks for the elementary schools, paper products and hygiene
products. When available we have provided gas cards and bus passes.
(which you can no longer use for On Demand but that is a whole other
story, grrr.)
A few years ago, we initiated a “smile bag” which have small dollar
gift cards for places like Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Tim Hortons,
McDonalds, Target, etc. If we have someone who comes to us or calls
us and it seems like they have the weight of the world on their
shoulders or just need a smile and to know we care about them, we
give them one of these gift cards. If it’s a single parent we tell
them to please use it on themselves, that its just for them and you
would swear we gave them the moon. You see, sometimes people just
need to know that someone cares about them, that we SEE them; it can
make a powerful difference.
In 2025 we provided food, household items, paper products, pet food
and hygiene products to 1,620 households. This was for 3,430 people
and equaled 72,030 meals. This does not include holidays or our
weekend backpacks. Currently, we provide 115 bags per week. These
bags include juice, milk, food for 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 3
snacks. Because of your generosity AND because of the current
climate, we have decided to provide more than 7 days of food. In
addition to non – perishable items we will also be increasing the
meat, fresh and frozen produce and dairy products. From all of us at
ICC, thank you so very much!!
Please stay warm and safe.
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