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Irondequoit Community Cupboard, Inc.

The Irondequoit Community Cupboard, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization designed to meet a variety of needs for families and individuals in the Town of Irondequoit, NY.

Mission Statement

“To provide emergency assistance to Irondequoit residents with dignity, kindness and without prejudice.”

Vision

"To raise awareness of the presence and impact of hunger and poverty in our community. We envision a community where all people share resources to ensure that residents’ basic needs are met in times of limited resources.

We advocate for and reach out to those in need and try to influence public policy so that every person in our community has the necessary support and resources to enhance nutrition, health and welfare.”

Amazon.com for ICC

This will only take a moment of your time; I know you shop at Amazon, especially for the holidays. You can help the Irondequoit Community Cupboard just by going to www.smile.amazon.com and then type in Irondequoit Community Cupboard You would then continue to shop whatever it was you were shopping for and we get a (small) dollar percentage of your order. So we win for you doing what you were going to do anyway. This would be a great and easy way for you to “Help us Help others” in our community.

For more information you can go to Facebook page for up to date photos and info https://www.facebook.com/Irondequoit-Community-Cupboard-Inc-180196068672489/?fref=ts

If you are in need of assistance, please call (585) 336-9107.
(no appointments are made online)

Distribution Hours (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)
Tuesday & Saturday from 9:30AM - 11:00AM.

Office Hours (BY PHONE ONLY)
Monday & Wednesday 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Fridays 9:00AM-12:00PM

"Letter from the President"
(Fall 2018)

Dear Friends,

Wow, I cannot believe that Fall is here already, where did the summer go? You know what this means, we are busy getting ready for the holidays! Before you know it, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here along with our Special Santas.

If you are one of my regular volunteers and you have not signed up yet for volunteer hours for October, November and December, please do so quickly as they are filling up. New volunteers will begin after the new year in 2019.

The holiday sign-ups began this past Saturday and will continue every Tuesday and Saturday from 11:15am-12.
This year the Thanksgiving deadline for sign ups is Saturday November 3rd.
The deadline for the Special Santa is Saturday November 10th.
AND THE DEADLINE for the Christmas dinner is Saturday December 1st.

Those of you who like to become one of our Special Santas you will hear from me roughly November 11th or 12th.

If you know someone who needs our assistance for any of these holiday special programs AND they are an Irondequoit Resident, have them call 336-9107 for more info. (it is on our machine)

Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered this summer at our Irondequoit Community Cupboard Garden at the Vineyard CHurch-it produced over 600 pounds of produce and we have been so delighted to see the amazing veggies and fruit that it produced. WE had our first ever watermelon this year!

Also, thank you so much to Eagle Scout Ethan Tracey, his parents and Troop #154 and Irondequoit United Church of Christ for their hard work and dedication to their community and to ICC. Their garden provided over 135 pounds of fresh produce (especially cherry tomatoes!)

In addition to these amazing groups, thank you so much to Irondequoit Lawn and Landscape for their extreme generosity in taking care of the yard again for the 2018 year; we are so appreciative!

Thank you also to those of you who have made food and taxable donations to the Ridge Culver Fire Dept, the Irondequoit Library, the Irondequoit Town Hall and Pinegrove Senior Center. 1, 281 pounds of food has been donated there over the past few months!

Thank you to MaryKay and Penny for going to the public market each week and representing ICC. Thank you to Lagoneer Farms, Frank and those of you who made donations to ICC through the town market.

Thank you to the following people as well for their extreme kindness and thoughtfulness and they “Help us Help others” in our community:

Susan and Mary Kay
Transfiguration Lutheran Church
Durand United Church of Christ
Don and Nancy
Transfiguration Lutheran
Irondequoit United Church of Christ
Dana Spencer
Howard Hanna Real Estate
Reid O’Connell
Jack and Jan Kaufman
Rochester General Pediatric Emergency Room
Michelle Crary
Cherie Sutton
Temple Emanuel
Hannah Hall
Cheryl Soanes
Living Water Church
Paula Beaver
The Irondequoit Lions Club
Summerville Presbyterian Church
Amy Garnish and the Ladies Group
Toby Berke
The Steibitz Family
Jenn Weil
Jeremy Epping and kids
Paula Krawezuk
Barb James

Our annual newsletter and ONLY fundraiser we do, should have hit your mailboxes last week, thank you to those of you who have already made a generous donation to us. Large and Small, Every single dollar helps, so thank you in advance for your support.

Enjoy the fall foliage, the apples, pumpkins, cider and donuts and the crisp chill in the air.

Sincerely,

Debbie Evans President and
Executive Director


Lisa Loeser, Chairperson
MaryJo Toepfer, Vice Chairperson
John Kane, Treasurer
Cherie Evans, Secretary

Diane Zaccarine, Corresponding Secretary
Mary Bragg, Board Member
Carolyn DeHond, Board Member