Cooperstown Food Pantry

05/26/2026

05/19/2026

We will be closed for Memorial Day weekend. We will see you on Tuesday May 26th at 10am.

05/11/2026

Dee Varney, our Director of Operation, will be giving a talk as part of Poverty Period Awareness Week tomorrow at the Huntington Memorial Library in Oneonta. The talk is free and will start at 6:30 pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

05/04/2026

🌷 May has arrived with spring showers and blooming flowers. We’d like to remind all our Otsego County neighbours this spring that you are welcome at the Food Pantry! No referral is needed and no one is ever turned away. We understand that asking for help can be difficult, so thank you for taking that step and reaching out to us if you need the support. 🌷

05/01/2026

Valerie Jackson named Executive Director of the Cooperstown Food Pantry.

“I welcome the opportunity to help direct the Cooperstown Food Pantry in addressing poverty and hunger in the region and to continue to grow as a model organization for community food security," said Jackson

https://cooperstownfoodpantry.org/valerie-jackson-named-executive-director/

04/28/2026

How does a lack of access to menstrual products and resources affect your community? Director of Operation at the Pantry, Dee Varney, will be giving a talk about 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 at the Huntington Memorial Library on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 6:30pm. Come learn about why Period Poverty exists and what we can do about it!

04/26/2026

That’s a wrap! National Volunteer Appreciation Week might be coming to a close, but our gratitude for our incredible volunteers certainly isn’t. Thank you for another successful monthly delivery from the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York this past Thursday, where everyone chipped in to unload and sort the nearly 10,000 pounds of food we received this month!

Thank you for the amazing work you do to help your community. As always, if you are interested in getting involved at the pantry please email [email protected] or give us a call 607-547-8902. 💚

04/24/2026

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆:
🍎 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘍𝘗?

“After I retired I knew a friend who did it and thought it could be fun.”

🍊 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘊𝘍𝘗?

“That we’re here, and that you don’t have to be afraid of trying new things. You can’t beat the price!”

04/23/2026

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆:

🍎 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘍𝘗?
“The basic need of food is something I’m passionate about. I live right here in the community and have time in my schedule to volunteer. Once I started doing it I found I really liked it and the social connection with the people I work with.”

🍊 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘊𝘍𝘗?
“We’re always willing to help people. Even when we don’t have a ton of food there’s always something to give.”