GENESEO, N.Y., Aug. 24, 2023 – Are you interested in serving your community and helping others? Foodlink and Livingston County are looking to reduce food insecurity throughout the County and are seeking volunteers to help staff a pop-up food pantry.
The pantry will open at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, August 30th in the Save-A-Lot grocery store located at 15 E. State St., Mount Morris, N.Y. 14510.
Volunteers are needed to help with setting up, uploading items from trucks and assisting with traffic flow, boxing food items, delivering food boxes to cars and cleaning up after the event ends.
No experience is required to volunteer for the event. If you’re interested in helping those in need, please call (585) 243-7415 or email mbetette@co.livingston.ny.us.
Foodlink is a Rochester-based nonprofit dedicated to ending hunger and building healthier communities by addressing both the symptoms and root causes of food insecurity. Foodlink serves as the hub of the emergency food system across a 10-county service area. As a leading public health organization, Foodlink administers many programs and initiatives that aim to build the health and wealth of communities.
Foodlink provides food assistance through the safe storage and distribution of emergency food to its network of food bank members and community partners. Foodlink builds healthier communities through innovative programs that create new access points to nutritious foods and empower people to make healthy choices. It drives change through bold career empowerment initiatives and advocacy for a more just, equitable food system.
Learn more about how Foodlink is transforming lives and creating healthy futures for every community served at www.FoodlinkNY.org, or follow on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram at @foodlinkny.
About Livingston County:
Founded in 1821, Livingston County, N.Y., is comprised of more than 61,000 residents in 17 towns located across 631 square miles of the Finger Lakes region.
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