Food Pantries, Hot Meals, and other Programs
Served by Friendship Donations Network in Tompkins and nearby counties
Last updated: January 30, 2012
FDN provides produce, breads, desserts, dairy, deli, and groceries (if available) to the programs listed below
Monday to Friday:
- Free daily meals at Loaves and Fishes. No income guidelines. All are welcome. Location: St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 12pm; Tuesday, Thursday at 5:30 pm.
- Excess is shared with Freedom Village USA: Rehab center – 160 troubled teens plus staff on Mondays
Tuesdays:
- Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry. Seneca near Geneva St., Ithaca, 1-1:45pm.
Wednesdays:
- Bread of life Food Pantry, Rt. 96, (temporary location) ambulance building next to Post Office, Candor, 3:00-6:00pm.
Thursdays:
- Halsey Valley Pantry, GAR building, Hamilton Rd, Halsey Valley, NY, 4-4:45 pm. NO HALSEY VALLEY PANTRY ON THIRD THURSDAY
- Snacks for TC Probation Department and youth programs
- Ithaca Youth Bureau
3rd Thursday (Feb. 16): Danby Food Pantry, for residents only, Danby Federated Church, 1859 Danby Road, Danby, 3-7 pm.
Fridays:
- Interlaken Reformed Church Pantry, 8315 Main Street, Interlaken, 3-6pm.
- Food is shared with four non-profit programs:
- Cayuga Addiction and Recovery Services; Northern Lights Learning Center families; outreach to low-wage work sites, youth groups, senior housing and families in trailer parks.
Saturdays and Sundays:
- Free hot meal served at Salvation Army, 150 N. Albany St, Ithaca. Saturday 12pm; Sunday 3pm (not an FDN program).
- 1st Saturday: Catlin First Methodist Church Pantry. 2-4pm
- 2nd Saturday: Grace Lee Wesleyan Church Pantry, 2075 Chambers Rd, Beaver Dams, 1pm
- 3rd Saturday: Pantry #1 Linderman Creek Pantry, 201 Cypress Court, Ithaca Community Room, 12-12:30pm
- 3rd Saturday: Pantry #2 Sovereign Grace Baptist Church Pantry, 5 Front St, Addison, 11:45am
- 4th Saturday: McLean Community Church, 50 Church St, McLean, 1:30-2:15pm
Sundays (Alternating Weeks):
- West Village Apartments Food Pantry (2/12, 2/26), 150 West Village Place, Ithaca, 12:30-1:30pm
- Overlook Apartments, (2/12, 2/26), 1263 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, Community Room, 12-12:30pm
- Reach Out For Christ Church Pantry, (2/5, 2/19), 318 Johnson Road, Freeville, 12pm
Eligibility:
- Limit: 1 pantry per week.
- Suggested Monthly Income: 1 person -$1,500; 2 people – $1,800;3 people – up to $2,000; 4 people – to $2,300
More Info:
- For daily pantry listings, please see: Ithaca Journal “Calendar of Events”; Advantage/Pennysaver Weekly; Tompkins Weekly

