Friendship Donations Network (FDN)

The Friendship Donations Network has been making news lately!

• Ithaca Times 1/21/09: Putting the Friendship into Ithaca area food donations
• Ithaca Times 1/7/09: Local Lovers Challenge wraps up, Friendship Donations Network benefits

Sara Pines, FDN founder and director (courtesy of Ithaca Times)

Are you able to help FDN/TSA? To date, funding is not available for 2010 expenses for the part-time director’s salary of $15,000.  This position is critical to allow the current director, who is unable to continue, to step down.  The annual budget for 2010 is projected to be $49,015.

During these critical financial times, the newly poor are losing jobs, shelter, food, health care and other basic needs.  More people than ever need food assistance.  FDN is a major conduit for channeling nutritious food, that would otherwise be wasted, to hunger programs and non-profits throughout Tompkins County and impoverished nearby areas.

Would you be willing to donate to FDN today?  Every dollar counts!

These photos taken by Martin Luster show the quantity and variety of mostly fresh perishable food donated and distributed by the Immaculate Conception food pantry in just one day to over 150 families.

We’ve updated the pantry schedule to reflect current information on the website! Additionally, we’ve added a page that details our 2008 budget.

Happy holidays everyone! thank you

From The Ithaca Journal:

Local fund announces awards, grants

Special to The Journal

The Community Foundation’s Women’s Fund held its Third Annual Luncheon at Ithaca College’s Emerson Suites on Tuesday.

More than 175 people attended the event, which focused on the three stages of a woman’s life – caring for youth, elderly and self. The event included a panel discussion, the presentation of four Women’s Fund Grants and the 2007 Laura Holmberg Award.

Diane Shafer, chair of the Women’s Fund Advisory Committee, opened the event with brief remarks, commenting on how women, “have come a long way but have more to go.”

Sara Pines, the director of the Friendship Donations Network, was presented the 2007 Laura Holmberg Award, which honors women who selflessly contribute to the community to promote opportunities for women. Pines, who received a standing ovation when accepting the award, directs a food rescue program that feeds more than 2,000 people weekly with mostly perishable food donated from local food stores.

Her all-volunteer corps distributes this safe and necessary food to 28 food pantries, low-wage work sites, after school programs, youth rehab centers and other human-service programs. Annually, they rescue 750,000 pounds of food to fight community hunger.

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The Community Foundation of Tompkins County is a local organization that aims to assist women by promoting educational, social and economic equality through the Women’s Fund.
Edition: 1
Section: Local
Page: 1B

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We’ve recently re-designed the FDN/TSA website in order to make our schedules and reports more accessible to the community.

If you have any suggestions or feedback, please feel free to drop Sara an e-mail at spines@ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us.

Thank you!