Corning Rotary Donates $2,000 to Corning Community Food Pantry

Corning Rotary Donates $2,000 to Corning Community Food Pantry

 

CORNING, NY — The Rotary Club of Corning is committed to serving the critical needs of our local community during these challenging times. In an effort to help reduce hunger and rising rates of food insecurity in the greater Corning area, Rotary recently donated $2,000 to the Corning Community Food Pantry.

According to its website, the mission of the Corning Community Food Pantry is “to eliminate hunger in our area through the distribution of food and information; without regard to race, color or creed, in the most understanding and sympathetic manner, recognizing the dignity and equality of all people under God.”

On Friday, December 11, Corning Rotary President Paula Smith presented Corning Community Food Pantry Executive Director Mary Caruso with its contribution to help provide healthy food to area residents in need. This donation was the latest example of Corning Rotary’s ongoing support of the Food Pantry through both financial contributions and volunteer service. On two separate days in November, Rotarians volunteered at the Corning Community Food Pantry’s community garden, and helped pack 440 Thanksgiving meals for donation to local families.

Especially during this unprecedented holiday season, Corning Rotary takes its mission of “Service Above Self” seriously. To learn more about joining the Rotary Club of Corning and to view the current Zoom meeting schedule, visit: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/7812/.

 

About Rotary

The objective of Rotary is to encourage and foster the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work improves lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. Visit rotary.org and endpolio.org for more about Rotary and its efforts to eradicate polio.

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