Food Pantries, Meals, and other Programs Served by Friendship Donations Network in Tompkins and nearby counties

Friendship Donations Network (FDN) provides donations of fresh food to the programs listed below. Call before you go to confirm schedule and verify new pickup procedures.

Updated February 28, 2025

Other free food-related resources in our region: 

• https://hsctc.org/211food/ or Call 2-1-1
• https://www.foodbankst.org/find-food/
• https://foodlinkny.org/need-food-map/
• Mutual Aid Tompkins: Food Systems Facebook Group
• Mutual Aid Food Sharing Cabinets

Mondays:

• Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard at The Salvation Army, 150 N. Albany St, Ithaca: 1:30–3pm, 273-2400.
• Loaves and Fishes free meals at St. John’s Church, 210 N Cayuga St, Ithaca: 11:30am-1pm.
• 1^st and 3^rd Mondays: Caroline Food Pantry at Brooktondale Community Center, 524 Valley Rd, Brooktondale: 5-7pm. Call 539-6810 to find your assigned pickup time. For Town of Caroline residents only.
• 2^nd Mondays: Special Lansing Pantry at The Rink, 1767 East Shore Drive, Lansing: 10am-12pm, 379-7245.
• 4^th Mondays: Lansing Pantry at the Rink, 1767 East Shore Drive, Lansing 1-3:00pm, 379-7245.
• YMCA of Ithaca & Tompkins County, 50 Graham Rd: 11:30am–5:30pm. For updates: https://www.ithacaymca.com.
• Enfield Food Pantry, 182 Enfield Main Rd., Ithaca, 11am-1pm
• Tompkins Community Action Pantry, 701 Spencer Rd, Ithaca, 9:15am-12:15pm. Order online at https://tcaction.org/ or call 273-8816.
• Groton Community Cupboard, 122 Spring St., Groton, 12-3pm.

Tuesdays:

• Healthy Tuesdays @ Groton Public Library, Groton: starting at 12:30pm. Call 898-5055 for more info.
• Immaculate Conception Church Food Pantry, 113 N. Geneva St., Ithaca (corner of Seneca and Geneva Sts), 1:00pm.  
• Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard at The Salvation Army, 150 N. Albany St, Ithaca: 1:30–3pm, 273-2400.
• Loaves and Fishes free meals at St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St, Ithaca: 5:00-6:30pm.
• Tompkins Community Action Pantry, 701 Spencer Rd, Ithaca, 1:45-4:30pm. Order online at https://tcaction.org/ or call 273-8816.

Wednesdays: 

• Baptized Church of Jesus Christ, 412 First St, Ithaca: 10am-12pm.
• Bread of Life Food Pantry, 1 Water St., Candor: 3-5:30pm. Open to residents of the Candor School district.
• Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard at The Salvation Army, 150 N. Albany St., Ithaca: 1:30–3pm, 273-2400.
• Loaves and Fishes free meals at St. John’s Church, 210 N Cayuga St, Ithaca: 11:30am-1pm.
• Tompkins Community Action Pantry, 701 Spencer Rd, Ithaca, 10:30am-12:15pm and 1:45-5:30pm. Order online at https://tcaction.org/ or call 273-8816.
• 1st and 3rd Wednesdays: Newfield Kitchen Cupboard. 227 Main St, Newfield: Winter Hours effective 11/6/24: 4:30-6:00pm. 

Thursdays:

• Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard at The Salvation Army. 150 N. Albany St., Ithaca. 1:30–3pm, 273-2400.
• Loaves and Fishes free meals at St. John’s Church, 210 N. Cayuga St, Ithaca: 5:00-6:30pm.
• Tompkins Community Action Pantry, 701 Spencer Rd, Ithaca, 10am-1pm. Order online at https://tcaction.org/ or call 273-8816.
• 2nd and 4th Thursdays: Spencer Van Etten Food Cupboard, 91 Orchard St, Spencer: 9–10:30am. Open to residents of the Spencer-Van Etten School district. Check for updates: https://www.facebook.com/svefoodcupboard/
• 3^rd Thursdays: Danby Food Pantry at the Danby Federated Church, 1859 Danby Rd., Danby, 4–6pm, 273-7850.
• No More Tears/No Mas Lagrimas 301 S. Geneva St. at the Henry St. John Building, 4-6pm.  Check NML Facebook page for updates. 
• Groton Community Cupboard, 122 Spring St., Groton, 5-6pm.

Fridays:

• Interlaken Reformed Church Pantry. 8315 Main St, Interlaken: 3–6pm.
• Ithaca Kitchen Cupboard at The Salvation Army. 150 N. Albany St., Ithaca: 1–2:30pm, 273-2400.
• Loaves and Fishes free meals at St. John’s Church, 210 N Cayuga St, Ithaca: 11:30am-1:00pm.
• YMCA of Ithaca & Tompkins County, 50 Graham Rd: 11:30am–5:30pm. For updates: https://www.ithacaymca.com.
• Spencer Van Etten Food Cupboard, 91 Orchard St, Spencer: 4-5:30pm. Open to residents of the Spencer-Van Etten School district. Check for updates: https://www.facebook.com/svefoodcupboard/

Saturdays:

• Enfield Food Pantry, 182 Enfield Main Rd., Ithaca, 9-11am
• The Salvation Army free meal, 150 N. Albany St, Ithaca: 12pm, 273-2400.
• 1st and Last Saturdays: Southside Community Center Pantry, 305 S. Plain St, Ithaca: 12-2pm.
• 3^rd Saturdays: Calvary Baptist Church Pantry, 507 N. Albany St, Ithaca: 10am-12pm.
• 3^rd Saturday: Baptized Church of Christ, 412 First St, Ithaca: 10am-12:30pm.
• 4^th Saturday: McLean Community Church Pantry, 50 Church St, McLean: must be signed in by 1:30pm.

Sundays:

• Enfield Food Pantry, 182 Enfield Main Rd., Ithaca, 9-11am
• Thrive Church, 318 Johnson Road, Freeville: 12–1:30pm. Please text “food” 607.224.8822 to check for food availability.
• New Testament Church of Peruville, 1380 State Route 34B Groton: 12pm, 898-5287.
• The Salvation Army free meal. 150 N. Albany St, Ithaca: 3pm. 273-2400. 
• Overlook Apartments (Every other Sunday): Community Room, 1263 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca: 10:30am. Open to residents of The Overlook.
• Groton Community Cupboard, 122 Spring St., Groton, 10:30am-12pm.

Friendship Donations Network is also partnering with the following community programs to distribute food donations during this time: 

• Catholic Charities Tompkins/Tioga
• Cayuga Health Community Cupboards
• Child Development Council
• Civic Ensemble
• Cortland Mutual Aid
• Dryden High School Lion’s Den Food Center
• Enfield Elementary School
• Finger Lakes ReUse
• Food Not Bombs Ithaca
• Garden Apartments
• GIAC
• Ithaca Free Clinic
• Ithaca High School Community Market
• Ithaca Youth Bureau / Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Lansing Lunchbox
• Mental Health Association Outreach Center
• Mutual Aid of the Finger Lakes – Operation Soup Pot Love
• Mutual Aid Tompkins
• No Mas Lagrimas | No More Tears
• OAR
• Racker Center – Possibilities Program
• REACH Medical
• Second Wind Cottages
• Southern Tier Aids Program (STAP)
• St. John’s Community Services – Serenity House
• Tompkins Community Action
• Tompkins County Whole Health PROS
• Trumansburg Harvest
• TST BOCES Farm to School
• Village at Ithaca
• WellBeing Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
• Women’s Opportunity Center

Contact us via email at info@friendshipdonations.org or call 607-216-9522 if you would like to donate food or help distribute food.

Friendship Donations Network rescues fresh, nutritious food that would otherwise be thrown away from stores and farms and redistributes it to neighbors in need. We provide food donations to hunger relief programs that serve more than 2000 people a week, and divert over 1,000 lbs. of good food from local landfill every day. A model of efficiency, founded in 1988 by Sara Pines, we are almost entirely volunteer-run. Learn more at: www.friendshipdonations.org.