By Elena Flash, September 2023 Mike is a lifelong Ithacan with a passion for building community. Mike, one of 8 children, grew up in a household committed to social justice and community service. He followed his family heritage devoting his 40 year career to human service and nonprofit management. Mike also served Tompkins County as […]
On May 15, 2023 the Town of Ithaca Conservation Board honored Friendship Donations Network with the Richard B. Fischer Environmental Conservation Award by planting 3 Basswood trees in the Town’s West Hill Park.
Written by Kelly King-O’Brien, May 2023. Interviewees: Hannah Lee and Olu Aliweri Location: The Greenhouses at Cornell on Tower Road Partner Background: In the middle of winter, when Ithaca was gray outside, bundles of green lettuce were thriving as they grew hydroponically inside the greenhouses on Tower Road on the Cornell University campus. Hannah and […]
Written by Elena Flash Interviewee: Jungie Que – Christy Location: The Commons, 125 E. Martin Luther King St. Partner Background: Paris Baguette, is one of Ithaca’s newer eateries. It is a large bright space with a bakery-focused menu, offering breads, pastries, cakes, sandwiches, salads and coffee. Customers can watch the beautiful cakes being made in the […]
Dear friends, Friendship Donations Network is a food rescue organization based in Ithaca, NY that has been operating since 1988. As a community, we can be proud that we have been rescuing and redistributing food every single day for almost 35 years. We are writing to ask that you consider making a contribution to help […]
