Over the last few months, it has been our pleasure to partner with the Food for Thought project to serve 250 families weekly in the Camden School District. Each week our kitchen staff provided fresh from scratch family meals to these 250 families. Our kitchen staff made such fun meals! Everything from fresh meatballs and […]
Helping seniors access healthy food through our pop-up grocery store
Compassion Coalition has a long-standing relationship with Utica Municipal Housing Authority’s senior sites. Their mission is to be a leader in the housing industry by providing safe, clean and affordable housing and promoting self-sufficiency, upward mobility, and customer satisfaction. In November 2017, we partnered with UMHA to open a pop-up grocery store for the elderly residents living […]
Bargain Grocery aims to alleviate food insecurity, provide food accessibility
Distance from a grocery store, availability of healthy foods, and food prices all heavily influence what an individual or household is going to eat. These barriers can negatively affect diets, lifestyles, and food security. Food accessibility is a huge problem for residents in the neighborhoods surrounding Bargain Grocery. 12% of people in Oneida County are […]
Community-based giving: Ending campus hunger
Community-based giving: This is a weekly blog post that highlights some of the various ways in which Compassion Coalition serves our community. Check back every Monday for new posts. We sorted thousands of pounds of non perishable foods that will be going to SUNY Polytechnic Institute POLY PANTRY and to Mohawk Valley Community College for […]
College students should never have to choose between a meal and an education
Right here at our local colleges, as students aim to earn a degree to support themselves and in some cases a family, they face the uncertainty of whether they are going to eat that day. Unfortunately, this absolutely affects their overall educational success, and beyond. The numbers are just staggering. At Mohawk Valley Community College, […]
The Cinderella Effect: Food Edition
Did you know that the “best by,” “enjoy by,” and “sell by,” dates that we see on food packaging DO NOT ADDRESS FOOD SAFETY?! Let that sink in for a minute, I’ll wait … Did you also know that these dates are not regulated by the federal government, and do not mean you have to […]
