Olean Food Pantry Fighting Food Insecurity
A Resource for Healthy Food in Our Communities
Olean Food Pantry Needs Your Help
The Olean Food Pantry has seen a 95.4% increase in food recipients the last 3 years. Will you answer the call for this increased need? You cash donation allows OFP to purchase 66% more food than by non-perishable food donations alone.
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10 Challenges to Ending Global Food Insecurity by 2030
That always seems to be the lofty goal, right? End some big issue by the end of the decade. Those who profess themselves to be changemakers on a global scale always seem to kick the can a decade into the future – ending global food insecurity is no different – so the goals inevitably won’t […]
Olean Food Pantry Celebrating 70 Years of Fighting Hunger
Let’s pay homage to a journey that began 70 years ago to end hunger in our communities. Olean Food Pantry began in the humblest of ways in 1954, with a small women’s group determined to feed the hungry as best they could. They decided to make a difference, and they did! Little did these remarkable […]
Record-Breaking Day at the Olean Food Pantry
We’ve never seen anything quite like it. On a recent distribution day in late January, the Olean Food Pantry served more people than ever before. On this record-breaking day, we provided free grocery items and other necessities to a staggering 155 families – the most in a single day since our establishment in 1954. Of […]
Ending Food Insecurity: The Vital Role of Community Support
The antidote to ending food insecurity lies within us and within our communities. We’ve posted about it on this blog quite a bit – and will continue to do so until we achieve our vision of a world without hunger. It begins at the community level, grassroots, neighbor helping neighbor. Why? Because we know the […]