Have extra produce from your garden or CSA share? Here’s an easy way to donate it to neighbors in need through a food pantry in your area! This summer, gardeners and CSA members throughout Tompkins County (and beyond!) will have a convenient way to donate their extra vegetables, fruit and eggs, by dropping them off […]
Friendship Donations Network board member, Art Pearce, and program coordinator, Meaghan Sheehan Rosen, recently recorded a show with PEGASYS Presents on Ithaca’s public access channel 13. They discuss the role of Friendship Donations Network in our community and show the new video by Mark Hartsuyker “The Story of Friendship Donations Network: rescuing food, reducing hunger”. The show will air at […]
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival in collaboration with Tompkins County Solid Waste will be holding a screening of the film Just Eat It. The documentary showcases the shocking amount of food waste in North America, focusing on waste that is created before even reaching the customer. Nearly 50% of food produced is never eaten! Following the film there will be […]
MEDIA RELEASE: March 23, 2015 ITHACA, N.Y. — Hunger is not new to our community. But fortunately neither is Friendship Donations Network. Now a new video, “The Story of Friendship Donations Network,” describes the nearly all-volunteer organization, which rescues thousands of pounds of fresh, healthy food daily that’s about to be thrown away at area […]
11th Annual Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair Saturday, December 6, 2014 11am – 6pm First Baptist and First Presbyterian Churches, Downtown Ithaca Friendship Donations Network is excited to participate in the 2014 Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair, held 11 am to 6 pm, Saturday December 6 at the First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches bordering Dewitt Park, near the corner […]
