Foodlink selected to join Target Circle charitable giving campaign
Foodlink is excited to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored and funded by Target … and YOU have the chance to help direct a portion of Target’s donation to us! Now through March 31, vote for us through the Target Circle program to help determine how […]
Foodlink, Wegmans announce totals from record-breaking Check Out Hunger campaign
Wegmans Food Markets provided Foodlink with significant support last spring with a $700,000 donation to aid its early COVID-19 relief efforts as food insecurity rose dramatically in the Rochester area. This fall, Wegmans customers matched that generosity – and chipped in a little extra. The results of the annual Check Out Hunger campaign with Wegmans […]
Schedule: Free holiday meals this December
The following Foodlink members are serving free holiday meals this December. Some sites are providing grab-and-go meal options, while others are hosting sit-down meals and following the latest COVID-related safety guidelines provided by New York State. Please call the phone numbers listed below, or reach out to 2-1-1 to learn more about food resources near […]
Contribute to this year’s Tops Food for Families campaign!
Although we’re not all gathering together at Tops this year for the annual Food for Families campaign, we’re still hoping the community responds in a big way to help Foodlink eradicate hunger in the Rochester region. This year, the economic impact of COVID-19 has caused food insecurity to spike 45% in the 10-county region that […]
Congrats graduates! Foodlink Career Fellowship celebrates latest class
The Foodlink Career Fellowship’s Class of 2020 had an unorthodox path to graduation day, but the celebration was sweet nonetheless. On Friday, five Fellows who began their journeys in June of 2019 officially marked the completion of Foodlink’s intensive culinary training program. They celebrated the achievement, fittingly, with a Zoom-friendly ceremony. “When you applied to […]
Thank you for ROC’n the Day with us!
Everyone at Foodlink is filled with gratitude this week after the outpouring of support we received on Giving Tuesday this year. ROC the Day, powered by the United Way, helped Foodlink raise more than $100,000 this year — approximately 4x its total from last year. The donations help support Foodlink’s ongoing and elevated response to […]
Foodlink joins federal officials, anti-hunger orgs for release of NYS Annual Hunger Report
Foodlink President & CEO Julia Tedesco joined federal officials and representatives from other anti-hunger organizations around New York for a news conference on the day before Thanksgiving to talk about food insecurity around the state and nation amidst an unprecedented public health crisis. Speakers included Joel Berg, CEO, Hunger Free America, U.S. Senator Kirsten […]
Free Thanksgiving meal locations in Foodlink’s network
The following Foodlink members are serving free Thanksgiving meals on or before the holiday. Some sites are providing grab-and-go meal options, while others are hosting sit-down meals and following the latest COVID-related safety guidelines provided by New York State. Please reach out to 2-1-1 to learn more about other food resources near you during […]
Foodlink awarded Feeding America Senior Hunger grant
Foodlink has been selected to receive a $100,000 “Senior Hunger” grant from Feeding America, courtesy of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation. The grant will fund Foodlink’s ongoing partnerships with organizations that help deliver food to Rochester-area seniors. Throughout the pandemic, Lifespan has served a critical role in delivering thousands of food boxes to seniors, and […]
Foodlink hosts media event announcing anti-poverty bill
Foodlink on Thursday hosted representatives from RMPAI, URMC, two prominent Rochester nonprofits, and Assemblymember Harry Bronson to announce a new bill that aims to cut childhood poverty in half within the next 10 years. Citing the fact that nearly 900,000 children in New York State live in poverty, including approximately half of all Rochester […]
