Community Programs

Food Pantry of Central New York

Open Monday Evenings for walk-ins
For appointments or emergencies contact any of the following numbers: 859-2240/ 859-2418/ 859-2428

http://www.foodbankcny.org

Food $en$e Program

Food $en$e is designed to increase self-sufficiency by helping individuals stretch their food dollars. The Food Bank is able to purchase food items in large quantities at discounted prices, and this savings is passed on to the program’s customers. The Food Bank operates this service with 44 sites in a 14 county area.

Monthly Food $en$e packages are created by the Food Bank and a newsletter is generated and distributed to each site coordinator. The coordinators are responsible for taking orders from customers, placing the order to the Food Bank and distributing the packages on a specific date. The monthly newsletter includes information for the coordinators, the current month’s Food $en$e package, the projected package for the following month, and recipes using food items from the unit. A food package contains 10-12 items, including fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, and staple food items.

Anyone wishing to stretch their food dollars can participate. The cost of the package is $15.50 and participants pre-pay with cash or EBT card, and they pick up their Food $en$e packages at the end of the month.

MONTHLY NEWS LETTER AND PROJECTED FOOD LIST

All orders must be pre-paid (Food Stamps accepted)

Make checks payable to First Baptist Church of SNB. Orders will be taken at First Baptist Church of South New Berlin during pick up or by phone prior to order deadline date.

For more information call 859-2428

Food must be picked up at the Church between 1:30-2:30 pm on the delivery date. Orders can not be held after the scheduled pick-up time.

See the community calendar for order, and pick up dates.

Soup & Sandwich
We have January, March, May and June open for people to sign up for Soup and Sandwich. This is an important outreach to the community and a great way to get a great meal. Please consider volunteering
for a meal usually held the last Monday of the month. If your group or as an individual, or couple would like to provide a meal, please call Pastor Barry or the Church office at 859-2240. We usually serve 20-30 people each month and experience a great time of fellowship.

Food Pantry Update

We have recently learned that, though the New Berlin Food Pantry at the New Berlin Housing & Preservation Company closed, there is still an active Food Pantry in New Berlin at the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and they are willing to serve the New Berlin area. They are at 40 South Main Street in New Berlin, ph # 607-847-6361. They do not participate with the Food Bank of Central New York but are a viable means of support for their community, and therefore, we are not taking on the New Berlin area as part of our territory. If, for any reason, we need to step up from time to time to aid people in the New Berlin area with food, they will not be turned away. Even with keeping our territory in just the South New Berlin area, we are serving more meals than ever before. The number of meals served has tripled & continues to grow. The Food Bank of Central New York still aids us and we still purchase food from them, when necessary. It is through the efforts of the congregation of First Baptist Church of South New Berlin that we are able to keep providing food for needy people in our area and we say Thank you!!! The needy people say Thank you!!! In these days when people’s needs are great, we can do our best to be the Hands and Feet of Jesus in our community. That’s what we should be about.

The New Berlin Food Pantry at the Episcopal Church has picked up several of our New Berlin customers and they are doing a great job filling the needs. the month of November, the Southtown Food Pantry served 654 meals, the highest number of meals this year. We are still in need of spaghetti, canned meats, juice, and frozen items. As of December 19, 2011, we have been awarded two $700.00 shipments from the Food Bank of Central New York for 2012. This will greatly help serving the community during their times of need. Thank you for your support.