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Food distributions will continue in February

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 29 January 2021 at 10:09 am

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Cole Glover carries a box of food to a vehicle in line this morning at a food distribution in Albion. About 300 boxes of food were given out from the parking lot at the Main Street Store, a thrift store at 113 South Main St.

Volunteers put boxes of food in cars and trucks on a cold morning with temperatures in the low teens.

The food distributions will continue in February.

Greg Gilman, maintenance supervisor at Community Action of Orleans & Genesee, assisted with the food distribution this morning. For the first time, the food included eggs and bags of brown rice.

About 300 boxes of food were given away this morning in the “Families Food Box Program” which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Susie Miller, assistant director of the Office for the Aging, grabs three dozen of eggs for one of the vehicles in line.

The schedule for February includes:

  • February 5th – Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Fairgrounds, 12690 NYS Route 31, Albion, NY 14411-entrance is on Taylor Hill Road. The line of cars needs to form south on Taylor Hill Road. There will be no entrance on Route 31.
  • February 12th – Community Action Store, 113 South Main Street, Albion 14411
  • February 19th – Medina Central School District, 1 Mustang Drive, Medina- Line will start off Oak Orchard Road, no entrance off of Route 31.
  • February 26th – Orleans County Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Fairgrounds, 12690 NYS Route 31, Albion, NY 14411-entrance is on Taylor Hill Road. The line of cars needs to form south on Taylor Hill Road. There will be no entrance on Route 31.

All start times are approximately 8:30 a.m. If the Foodlink truck is there and unloaded it may start at 8 a.m.

Organizers ask that people not line up before 8 a.m. due to possible winter weather conditions.  “We remind people not to block driveways,” said Melissa Blanar, director of the Office for the Aging, which helps organize the events. “We want to thank all the volunteers. Without them there would be no events. Please be patient and kind.”