Food distributions continue at 3 sites in Orleans County

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Volunteers joined staff at Community Action of Orleans & Genesee this morning in a pop-up pantry in the Platt Street parking lot in Albion.

Foodlink delivered the food and the distribution started around 9 a.m. There is enough food to give away to about 200 people in vehicles.

The state has been funding these distributions since soon after the Covid pandemic hit in March 20202. There are also distributions in Orleans County at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Knowlesville and the Lyndonville Presbyterian Church.

Tiffany Keifer, right, and Tonya Ferris, back left, both work with M & T Bank in Brockport and have been helping at the distributions in Albion for about two years. Elaine Kovaleski, left, also has been a consistent volunteer for the events.

The Albion distributions tend to be the third Mondays each month. The next ones in Albion are at 9 a.m. on Nov. 18 and Dec. 9.

Candace Casey, right, was back at the distribution today with two of her co-workers at the Iroquois Job Corps Center in Shelby. Casey is coordinator of work-based learning at the Job Corps.

A group of Albion students in the Interact Club also assisted today as well as other volunteers in the community, including Jim Adduci (tall man with hat).

Other upcoming distributions in the county include:

• Orleans Cornell Cooperative Extension, 12690 State Route 31, Albion (Knowlesville) –Monday, November 4 at 10 a.m. (Those who preregister will be assigned timeslots for pickup (10-10:30, 10:30-11, 11-11:30, 11:30-12). Preregister at 585-798-4265. Walk-ins may start at 12 p.m.
• Lyndonville Presbyterian Church, 107 North Main St. – Friday, November 1 at 9:30 a.m.