The Rochester Food Pantry provides free emergency food to hungry families and individuals within and around the Town of Rochester. You're eligible if you live in the Town of Rochester, or beyond if you're still within zip code 12446. No appointment is necessary, so you can stop by during opening hours.
When you request assistance, you'll need to show identification of residency in the Town of Rochester, or beyond if still within the 12446 zip code.
You can receive three days' worth of food up to twice a month.
Each visit gives you about three days' worth of food and personal care items. Please note that only two people are allowed inside at a time.
The pantry offers nutritionally balanced food, and clients choose from a list of options. This includes frozen meats, poultry, and seafood, as well as fresh produce. Along with food, you can receive personal care items and household cleaning products, and the pantry tries to keep pet food available too. During the summer, a Fresh-n'-Free Produce Market offers extra produce donated by local farms.
This is a client-choice pantry. Clients choose from a list of nutritionally balanced options, so you can pick the food that works best for your household.
Beyond regular food, the pantry offers extra help:
There are several ways to support the pantry:
The pantry obtains much of its food from the New York Regional Food Bank at discounted rates, so money donations help buy more of what clients prefer. If you'd rather buy items to donate, the pantry can always use personal care items, household cleaning products like shampoo, soap, toothpaste, laundry and dish detergent, and pet food.
If you'd like to volunteer, there are several ways to help: serving clients, shelving food, making deliveries to the home-bound, tidying and cleaning, and other occasional chores. To get started, call 845-626-7501, leave a message, and someone will call you back.
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