Food drives in Albion confirmed through June

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 9 November 2026 at 1:02 pm

Some months will have 2 distributions with 1 in afternoon

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Brian Patten, a member of the Albion Interact Club at school, helps with a food distribution this morning from the Albion municipal lot on Platt Street across from the back entrance to Dunkin’ Donuts.

Community Action of Orleans & Genesee manages the state-funded food distribution, working with Foodlink in Rochester.

Tina Schleede, chief financial officer for Community Action, helps pack boxes with food. Caleb Wolfe, right, was one of four Interact Club members from the school who helped this morning with the distribution.

Community Action and the volunteers were able to give out food for about 200 households.

The food distributions started more than six years during the height of the Covid pandemic. Community Action announced the distributions will continue through at least June, with some months having two distributions in Albion, including an afternoon option.

The dates for the distribution in Albion for the upcoming months include:

Dec. 14 at 10 a.m.
Jan. 11 at 10 a.m.
Feb. 8 at 10 a.m.
Feb. 25 at 4 p.m.
March 8 at 10 a.m.
March 30 at 4 p.m.
April 12 at 10 a.m.
May 10 at 10 a.m.
June 14 at 10 a.m.
June 29 at 4 p.m.

Ernest Gursslin of Community Action, left, and Brody Furness, an Albion student, carry food to the vehicles that were lined up in the parking lot.

For more information about the food distributions, call Community Action at (585) 589-5605. Ext. 101.

The Lyndonville Presbyterian Church and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Orleans County also run food distributions. Check Foodlink for a calendar of the when the distributions are happening in the Rochester region.