Written by Robbie Sanders, July 2026 I have had the pleasure of working along side Gil Ryan and his mentor Rob Monroe on Friday mornings at the FDN facility. Gil and Rob do the job of sorting through and bagging donations of bagels and pastries from Wegmans and Ithaca Bakery with patience and care. They […]
Written by Jan Nigro, July 2026 I’m not exactly sure of the date I got involved with FDN. (Records show 2015!) I retired from teaching and wanted to do some volunteering. My friend, Kathy McLaren, was volunteering for FDN and told me about the organization. It sounded perfect and here I am 11 years later. […]
Written by Jan Nigro, March 2026 Originally from Locust Valley, New York, Lita moved to the area in 1985. During her career in early childhood education, she worked at Ithaca Community Child Care Center, The Child Development Council, Head Start and ICSD. Lita first became aware of FDN while working at South Hill School seeing […]
Written by Jan Nigro, November 2025 Jim Wells was born in a small town in Nebraska, grew up in Toronto and eventually settled in Ithaca where he went to high school. He then went to school for tv and radio and got into corporate video production and from there got involved in making training and […]
Written by Jan Nigro, September 2025 Gretchen Rymarchyk is from Lafayette NY and came to Ithaca for grad school. She has a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Master’s in social work and a PhD in policy analysis & planning. She’s also taught, and done a lot of social work in the community here. She retired from […]
