Recently, a food drive was held at the Lancaster Depew Federal Credit Union to benefit our pantry. We are so grateful to Susan Mecca, Brian Stuman and Emma Smalley for coordinating the food drive and for the generous donations that were made. Over 500 non-perishable food items were collected which will be enough to supplement over 15 families in the Depew area for a month. Thank you to the Lancaster Depew Federal Credit Union and to everyone who donated.
Thank you to the Depew High School Leo Club for the 500 lbs of food they collected during their annual food drive to benefit our pantry. It is so wonderful to have such community minded young people in our community.
The Tri-Community Food Pantry has been selected to participate in the Baby Needs Program administered by the Food Bank of Western New York. This program assists families facing emergencies and/or waiting for W.I.C. benefits in accessing essential baby care items.
There are fewer than 50 agencies that benefit from this program. Tri-Community has been chosen to participate because of its location and the number of infants that it serves. Due to the limited number of participating agencies, clients from outside our normal service area may be referred to our pantry for baby items.
As a Baby Needs Program participant, we are able to order through the Food Bank of Western New York from a limited supply of infant products such as fomula and diapers at no cost to our agency. Since this program is grant funded, there will be a fluctuation in the availability of these items. Because baby products are seldom donated, the Food Bank greatly appreciates assistance with this program. For more information about the program please contact Stephanie Lawson, [email protected].
There are millions of people across the country that rely on local food pantries to supplement their food needs. Your next door neighbor may be going to a food pantry and you don’t even know it. The food that we distribute at our pantry comes from several sources. Our main source is from the Food Bank of Western New York. We also receive food directly from food drives, from merchants and from people just walking in the door with a bag of food they want to donate. However, nearly all of the food we receive is packaged, canned and non-perishable. We don’t have the facilities to handle fresh food. The primary goal at our pantry is to treat our clients with respect and dignity. How can we do that when you see a client week after week and you can only give them a bag of canned goods when you know they deserve fresh, healthy food just like those of us who can afford to go to a store and buy it?
Now we can provide that fresh food. Now YOU can provide that fresh food.
Our pantry has registered with a program called AmpleHarvest.org It is a program that connects backyard gardeners with local food pantries. Once this connection is made, a gardener can arrange with the pantry a time and day that is best for both to drop off just harvested food so it can quickly be distributed without the need for special handling at the pantry.
Please take a moment to view this video. If you have a backyard food garden, please consider registering and connecting with a pantry close to you so you can donate your excess harvest. If you don’t have a garden, please share this program with someone who does.
We have received new income eligibility guidelines from the food bank. Please refer to the new guidelines going forward.
From: Como Lake Girl Scouts
Sent: Fri, May 22, 2015 8:05 am
Subject: Fwd: To Como Lake Leaders
Hello Leaders. This may be best suited for those troops that are Juniors and up but the Tri-Community Food Pantry was flexible so they could possibly meet the needs of younger troops. If it interests you it is worth investigating.
Yesterday my Cadette Troop #31345 visited the TRi-Community Food Pantry 722 Terrace Blvd., Depew, NY
The girls learned the following:
The 2 gentleman running the pantry, Ron and Paul, are passionate about eliminating hunger and would love to spread the word about their Food Pantry. There are also opportunities for volunteer hours if you are not interested in it for your troop, perhaps your child needs volunteer hours.
Contact:
Paul Burdick Food Pantry: 289-1370 Cell 949-0498
Nicole Fontana
Troop 31345
By Ellie Coatar, News 4 Producer Published: January 11, 2015, 6:53
The Tri-Community Food Pantry is continuing its service to Western New York in a new location. It serves more than 500 people in Depew, Lancaster and Cheektowaga. The pantry unveiled its new home to the public on Sunday afternoon.
This summer, the Village of Depew decided to sell the food pantry’s old building. Workers and volunteers were worried they would have to close it down.
But, the Vine Wesleyan Church at 425 Penora St. remodeled part of its building so the food pantry could move in. The Tri-Community Food Pantry is now open on
Tuesdays from noon – 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. – noon.
Prospective clients have to bring identification of everyone in their household, proof of income and address. The pantry serves people living in the 14043 zip code east of Transit Road and south of Broadway.
If you would like to donate to the pantry, food may be dropped off during open hours. Monetary donations may dropped off at the pantry or sent to The Tri-Community Food Pantry, P.O. Box 483, Depew, NY.
The pantry also accepts in-season clean clothes, personal toiletry items, toys, books and small household items.
For more information on the Tri-Community Food Pantry’s services, contact Tri-Community at 716-289-1370 or email: [email protected]
Tri-Community Food Pantry, Inc. is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization with a goal of alleviating hunger and poverty by providing food and services to people in need. We are a private non-profit organization and are not a part of county government. We work to educate the public about the nature of hunger and poverty. We recognize the need for emergency and supplemental food programs and of other non-profit organizations that meet the critical needs of low income families. We strive to provide our services with compassion and respect for the dignity of our clients.
