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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Ending Food Waste: A Key in the Fight Against Hunger
There’s an often overlooked factor in the fight against hunger: food waste. Quite frankly, there’s a lot of it – and Americans seem to be the greatest culprit. So here’s Olean Food Pantry’s obligatory call for ending food waste as a critical component to seeing that food gets to the people who need it most. […]
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Building Community Resilience: Neighbors Helping Neighbors with Community Gardens
The philosophy behind Olean Food Pantry’s mission is easy enough to understand. For over 70 years now, it’s been about neighbors helping neighbors. What better way to accomplish this than with community gardens? We know a little something about building community gardens and their amazing benefits to communities who share a common goal of sustainable […]
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OFP’s Farm Partnerships Nurture Healthier Lives in Olean
There’s nothing quite like biting into a fresh apple or chopping up your favorite produce into a refreshing summer salad. It’s not only delicious, but also very nutritious and key to a healthy lifestyle. Among our numerous community partnerships, we hold a special place in our hearts for local farms and nonprofit farming organizations that […]
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Hunger Makes It Harder for Children to Learn
A few months back, we explored the hidden consequences of food insecurity for children in a previous blog post. Today, we delve deeper into one of the most critical aspects: how hunger directly impacts the learning capacities of young children. Simply put: hunger makes it harder for children to learn. As the demonstrated community need […]