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

February 11, 2026

Measuring Impact Where It Matters Most: How OFP Serves Families on the Margins

Yes, we count everything here at Olean Food Pantry. It’s part of our due diligence and transparency to grant funders, donors and the communities we serve. What we can’t count, however, are the intangible moments — of dignity, of relief, of hope. Yet we’re still called to communicate these moments, to spread the message, to […]

February 11, 2026

Share Our Story: Raising Awareness Fuels Rural Hunger Relief

Your voice. It carries power. It carries weight. Raising awareness fuels rural hunger relief. Every time you share a post, tell a friend or simply speak up about hunger in underserved areas like ours, you’re doing more than spreading information. You’re helping feed families in need. Believe us, your efforts to communicate the realities in […]

February 9, 2026

Supporting Food Security Nonprofits: Rural Communities Need You More Than Ever

Think of what you might call “the picture of food insecurity.” What do you envision? Perhaps it’s a crowded soup kitchen in some big, far-off city. Or maybe it’s one of those TV commercials soliciting donations for a famine-stricken third-world nation half a world away. Make no mistake, those are certainly worthwhile causes to support. […]

January 15, 2026

A Holiday to Remember: Nearly 14,000 Pounds of Turkey Shared with Local Families

Olean Food Pantry is proud to announce the official tally for our 2025–26 Free Holiday Turkey Distribution, and it’s nothing short of extraordinary! From Nov. 3, 2025, through Jan. 9, 2026, Olean Food Pantry distributed: The Holiday Giving Season is particularly meaningful for us here at Olean Food Pantry. For one, it’s a super busy […]

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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