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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.”

United Way
Remember us at United Way giving time we are designee #2466

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

The Irondequoit Town Hall is NOT a drop off point for donations.

We are grateful for your kind donations but please, utilize one of our three drop off points if you are not bringing your items to us at ICC.

The 3 drop off points again are:

The Ridge Culver Fire Dept
The Irondequoit Library
The Irondequoit Community Center

"Letter from the President"
(February 2026)

Dear Friends,
I hope that you are staying warm in this frigid weather. I don’t know about you, but I am ready for sunshine and spring weather!!

A couple of housekeeping notes:

On our distribution days (Tuesdays and Saturdays) if you were planning on coming to drop off a donation, please check the weather reports or listen to the news first. If they are calling for people to stay off the roads or the wind chill is dangerous, we may not be open.
If you are a volunteer scheduled for that morning, please text me to confirm whether we will be open or not if you haven’t heard from me.
If you are a client scheduled for that day, I will personally call you to let you know if we will be closed. Our primary concern is the safety and wellbeing of all of you. In 25 years, we have only closed twice but I want to make everyone aware of our winter policy.

If you are collecting donations from somewhere else to drop off to us during our hours of operation, PLEASE do not leave food in the car or your garage. In freezing (or hot) temperatures food can be damaged, especially canned goods.

If you are cleaning out your cabinets and donating the food in those cabinets to us, PLEASE check to make sure the items aren’t already opened or that they are not years beyond a best by date.

We often get asked to put up a food donation hut on our property. The reason we cannot, and you should not, is the food, even dry goods can become unsafe in freezing and hot temperatures. The sentiment behind this is beautiful but I know that you all want the food donated and picked up to be safe.

If you have generously donated to ICC, especially in the form of a check that gets withdrawn from a trust, a fidelity account, Paypal or other places that distribute at your request and have not received a thank you note from us it is because they do not always provide an address or email address. I promise you we are grateful for each and every donation we receive, and we send thank you notes out and / or acknowledge you via our newsletter and website. If you haven’t received an acknowledgement from us, PLEASE let us know.

As you know 2025 was a difficult year for many and so far it is not letting up. More and more people are struggling to pay their mortgage, their rent, their utility bills, purchase groceries and go to the doctor. With your help we have been able to assist residents of Irondequoit with food, coats, hats, gloves, school supplies, weekend backpacks of food for the elementary schools, a monthly bag of snacks for the elementary schools, paper products and hygiene products. When available we have provided gas cards and bus passes. (which you can no longer use for On Demand but that is a whole other story, grrr.)

A few years ago, we initiated a “smile bag” which have small dollar gift cards for places like Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Target, etc. If we have someone who comes to us or calls us and it seems like they have the weight of the world on their shoulders or just need a smile and to know we care about them, we give them one of these gift cards. If it’s a single parent we tell them to please use it on themselves, that its just for them and you would swear we gave them the moon. You see, sometimes people just need to know that someone cares about them, that we SEE them; it can make a powerful difference.

In 2025 we provided food, household items, paper products, pet food and hygiene products to 1,620 households. This was for 3,430 people and equaled 72,030 meals. This does not include holidays or our weekend backpacks. Currently, we provide 115 bags per week. These bags include juice, milk, food for 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 3 snacks. Because of your generosity AND because of the current climate, we have decided to provide more than 7 days of food. In addition to non – perishable items we will also be increasing the meat, fresh and frozen produce and dairy products. From all of us at ICC, thank you so very much!!

Please stay warm and safe.

Sincerely,

Debbie Evans
Founder and President


Our amazing and talented, hardworking Board of Directors

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


Mary Bragg, Board Member
Rachel DeBlieck, Board Member
John Villeneuve, Board Member
Emily Arnold, Board Member
Diane Zaccarine, Board Member
Emily Wayland, Board Member

WAYS TO DONATE

* Go to our website at www.irondequoitcommunitycupboard.org and click on our Paypal link or use the QR code from your Smartphone.

* Look at our Top 10 list always listed on our Facebook page or our website and choose an item to purchase for us

* Donate food items and drop them off at any of our drop-off sites

* Donate gift cards for those who come to us after all of our deadlines have passed.

* Check donations can be made payable to ICC c/o Debbie Evans
PO Box 17834 Rochester, NY 14617