Mobile Summer Meals site schedule
Each summer, Foodlink and other community partners collaborate to offer Summer Food Service Program meals (known as Summer Meals) to all children in the City of Rochester. Foodlink and the Rochester City School District serve as the main vendors, while the City of Rochester, Common Ground Health and the Rochester Area Community Foundation offer […]
Our statement on immigrants, refugees, and why we care
Wednesday, June 20 was World Refugee Day, a day to “commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance” (http://www.un.org/en/events/refugeeday/) of the approximately 68.5 million forcibly displaced people around the world. It comes at a time when refugees and immigrants are facing increasing hostility from the federal government and nationalist administrations all over the world. The horrors of […]
New food insecurity data show level of need in Rochester, other communities
Newly released food insecurity statistics illustrate an overwhelming level of need within the City of Rochester, where many residents live in a household that struggles to feed everyone enough nutritious food. Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap report¹, which studies food insecurity across the country, publishes its findings each spring and distributes it […]
Photos: Edible Education class plants flowers, herbs at school garden
Foodlink nutrition and gardening educators have been working with Education Success Network’s Neighborhood Arts program, which serves refugee youth in the Maplewood neighborhood, since January. On Tuesday, we planted flowers and herbs that they had sown indoors around the MyPlate garden we’ve built at ESN’s Success Learning Campus. Check out some of the photos below… […]
Rural Urban Dinner raises $5K for Foodlink
Foodlink on Monday accepted a check for $5,103.72 at the Waterloo Rotary Club meeting in Seneca County. The generous donation was raised in April at the 48th annual Rural Urban Dinner at del Lago Resort. Traditionally, the annual event has raised less than half that, however organizers were pleasantly surprised at the turnout, which included […]
Foodlink welcomes Harley students for an ‘Allergy-Friendly Cooking Challenge’
*** Here’s the thing about crazy ideas. Sometimes, they just might work. What started as an annual food drive by the students at The Harley School transformed into something much bigger in 2018. Jes Scannell Rooks, a Harley parent and Foodlink’s Director of Career Empowerment Initiatives, helped craft a new community service project — one […]
Kudos to Rep. John Katko for voting against the House Farm Bill
The House Farm Bill, which was projected to cut millions of people from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the years ahead, failed when the House brought it to the floor for a vote Friday. The defeat was a victory for anti-hunger advocates around the country who condemned the partisan bill for its restructuring […]
Foodlink celebrates ‘Seed Grant’ winners in Rochester
ROCHESTER – With winter fully (and finally) in the rearview in Rochester, Foodlink on Tuesday celebrated spring’s late arrival by recognizing innovative, start-up projects aimed to address food insecurity in our region. Foodlink and food banks across the state helped coordinate the inaugural Seed Grant application process, aided by funding from the state Department of […]
Foodlink joins Partnership for a Healthier America
WASHINGTON, DC—Foodlink, the Feeding America food bank serving the Finger Lakes and Genesee Valley regions of New York, announced today that it has pledged to improve the nutritional quality of the food it distributes and will continue to encourage families to make healthier choices through a three-year commitment with the Partnership for a Healthier […]
And the 2018 Rosa Wims Volunteer of the Year Award goes to …
Monday’s Community Food Conference — the first of two in the region — enabled Foodlink to gather its agencies together to share best practices, attend workshops and update them on what’s new with Foodlink. A second CFC is scheduled for May 7 at SUNY Geneseo. PHOTOS: Monday’s conference at MCC One highlight of the conference […]