Olean Food Pantry Fighting Food Insecurity

A Resource for Healthy Food in Our Communities

Faces of Hunger

Food insecurity impacts thousands locally. Hunger hides in plain sight. Those impacted are our friends, family and neighbors

Olean Food Pantry Mission

We provide healthy food options for people and families who struggle finding their next meal. Our vision is a world where no one goes to bed hungry.

How We Help

Olean Food Pantry fights hunger by providing food and nutrition education to people in need. We also have a Diaper Depot, Community Garden and Mobile Food Truck.

FIGHT HUNGER IN OLEAN

Let’s come together and make a difference in our community!
Our One Million Dollar Fundraising Campaign
aims to fight hunger for the next ten years!

Be a HUNGER HERO!

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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Latest News

Olean Food Pantry building caring communities and fighting hunger

June 6, 2025

A Commitment to WNY: Fighting Hunger & Building Caring Communities

In a world where screens often replace handshakes and convenience trumps connection, local food pantries like ours remind us of something essential: we all belong to each other. Here at Olean Food Pantry, our commitment to Western New York is to fight hunger while building caring communities. (Related reading: 5 Ways Local Food Pantries Help […]

June 6, 2025

Olean Food Pantry Seeks Support for Solar Energy Project

An Innovative Step Toward Fighting Hunger Sustainably Check out our proposed solar energy project! We’ve been talking a lot about sustainability lately. As a socially committed community organization, we have a responsibility for environmental consciousness. Olean Food Pantry’s mission has always been clear: to ensure no neighbor goes hungry. But today, as hunger climbs to […]

May 22, 2025

The Future of Fighting Food Insecurity: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities

The face of hunger in America is changing — and so must our response. The future of fighting food insecurity requires an analysis of current trends and challenges, as well as future opportunities. At Olean Food Pantry, we’ve seen this shift firsthand. In 2024, we served over 27,170 individuals across Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua counties […]

health care providers can collaborate with local food pantries to fight food insecurity

May 22, 2025

Healthcare Providers & Food Insecurity: Opportunities for Collaboration

If you’ve ever been hungry, you know what it feels like: the irritability, the headaches, the fatigue. And worse. Many chronic poor health conditions directly stem from food insecurity and a less-than-optimal diet. Health care providers at all levels have a great opportunity to fight food insecurity everywhere and improve health outcomes for their patients […]

Our Community Partners

Olean Food Pantry couldn’t serve local food insecurity without a little help from our friends. Thanks to organizations like FeedMore WNY, as well as local farmers and grocers, we can provide nutritious food to people in need.

FeedMore WNY

FeedMore WNY offers dignity, hope and a brighter future by providing nutritious food, friendship and skills training to our Western New York neighbors in need.

Canticle Farms

Fellow nonprofits like Canticle Farm partner with Olean Food Pantry to provide a surplus of fresh garden fruits, vegetables and herbs to stock our produce shelves.

Local Growers and Grocers

The war on hunger takes a team effort – from big organizations down to small local farmers. Local growers and grocers help by providing nutritious food and produce from surplus stocks.

Get Involved in the Local Fight Against Hunger

Olean Food Pantry is a volunteer-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are dependent on grants, donations and gifts of service to help our friends, family and neighbors struggling with food insecurity.

Your cash donation today will go 66% FARTHER toward purchasing more food to stock Olean Food Pantry’s shelves, thanks to preferred rates from fellow nonprofit partners.

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