Free Fresh Food Pantries in Tompkins County
produce, breads, desserts, dairy, deli, groceries (if available)
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 noon; Tuesday, Thursday at 6 pm
- Excess is shared with Freedom Village USA: Rehab center – 160 troubled teens plus staff
- Snacks for Enfield School children
Tuesdays:
- Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry. Seneca near Geneva St., Ithaca 1:00 to 1:45 p.m.
Wednesdays:
- Bread of life Food Pantry, Rt. 96, across from Post Office, Candor, NY, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Thursdays:
- Halsey Valley Pantry, GAR building, Hamilton Rd, Halsey Valley, NY, 4-4:45 p.m.
- Snacks and breads for TC Probation Department, Women’s Opportunity Center, Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) and The Youth Bureau’s Big Brothers Big Sisters program
- Thursday before 3rd Friday: Danby Food Pantry for residents only – 6 to 8 p.m.
Fridays:
- Interlaken Reformed Church Pantry, Rt. 96 – 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Food is shared with four non-profit programs.
- 3rd Friday of each month, Danby Food Pantry 4 to 6 p.m. Limited to Danby residents
- Cayuga Addiction and Recovery Services; Northern Lights Learning Center Families; Salvation Army weekend meals; outreach to low-wage work sites, senior housing and trailer park families
Saturdays and Sundays:
- Free hot meal served at Salvation army, 150 N. Albany St, Ithaca, NY -Saturday -noon; Sunday – 3 pm
- 1st Saturday: Catlin First Methodist Church Pantry. Food donations are shared with separate American Red Cross Shelter/programs
- 2nd Saturday: Worker’s Center – Linderman Creek Pantry, Community Room 12-12:30. Food donations are shared with separate Beaver Dam Pantry at Grace Lee Wesleyan Church
- 3rd Saturday: Adison pantry in Stuben county
- 4th Saturday: McLean Community Church: Pantry 1:30-2:15
- 5th Saturday: Youth Bureau Outreach Program in Ward Heights (Newfield) and Hanshaw Village trailer park. Food donations are shared with a separate Mental Health Association outreach program
Sundays (Alternating Weeks):
- Overlook Apartments, community room, noon to 1:00
- Mental Health Association and Youth Bureau outreach, NY
- Rural Pantry in Pine Valley, NY
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 Listings:
- For daily pantry listings, please see Ithaca Journal, “Daily Events”, page 2B or the following weekly newspapers: Advantage Weekly and Tompkins Weekly
