Literacy Resources Literacy Volunteers The trained volunteers who give their time to Literacy Volunteers provide one-to-one tutoring and small group instruction to adults in reading, the English language, mathematics and digital literacy. The nonprofit also provides family literacy programs, as well. All services are free of charge.
Literacy Volunteers of Livingston County 3 Mt. Morris-Leicester Road Leicester, NY 14481 www.LiteracyLivingston.org 585-658-7970
Literacy Volunteers of Ontario County 208 S Main St. Canandaigua NY 14424 585-396-1686 info@literacyvoc.org www.literacyvoc.org
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester, Inc. 1600 South Ave., Suite 100 Rochester, NY 14620 585-473-3030 www.literacyrochester.org
Mercy Bridges
1437 Blossom Road Rochester, NY 14610 585-288-2710 www.mercybridges.org
Mercy Bridges, a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy, offers basic literacy services and English as a Second Language instruction to adults who may not qualify for or have access to other literacy programs, or who may not have had success with those programs. The nonprofit’s trained tutors work one-on-one with their students for two hours a week for at least a year. There’s a $5 fee for testing materials at the time of a student’s initial assessment, but the rest of the nonprofit’s service are free of charge.
Nutritional Health/ Support A Meal and More, Inc. Christ Church 25 Broadway Rochester, NY 14607-1701 585-454-3878 www.amealandmore.org
This soup kitchen offers nutritious midday meals and caring friendship to needy people in a safe environment. Call for days and times.
Community Food Cupboard of Rochester 11 Nester St. Rochester, NY 14621 585-325-4990
Provides a monthly food service for qualified seniors. Families in need can obtain emergency provisions.
Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf, Inc. 500 Maiden Lane Rochester, NY 14616 585-277-5370 www.facebook.com/greecefoodshelf
The Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf distributes donated and purchased food to those in need who are living in Greece and Charlotte.
Hilton Parma Emergency Food Shelf 59 Henry St. Hilton, NY 14468 585-234-2090 www.facebook.com/HiltonFoodshelf
The Hilton Parma Emergency Food Shelf provides food, including fresh garden produce and bakery items, for Hilton School District residents who are in need due to an emergency. To be eligible, those hoping to receive food must not be covered by other services, and must present proof of residency—a bill with a current mailing address—and a picture ID. Contact the food pantry to set up an appointment to obtain food.
Honeoye Lake Food Pantry UCC Church 8758 Main St. Honeoye, NY 14471 585-721-0009 honeoyefoodpantry@gmail.com
Serves residents of the Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District. Open alternate Saturday mornings from 9-10 a.m. Bring at least one reusable bag for groceries and a piece of mail—preferably a utility bill—to prove residency.
Irondequoit Community Cupboard 4275 Culver Road Rochester, NY 14622 585-336-9107 www.irondequoitcommunitycupboard.org
The Irondequoit Community Cupboard offers food, toiletries, and taxable items to those living in the Town of Irondequoit. Children in seven elementary schools who qualify for free breakfasts and lunches can obtain the food they need to get through the weekend from the pantry, which also provides Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets as well. The nonprofit also sponsors
an annual Back to School supply night at which children in kindergarten through the 12th grade can obtain needed school supplies.
Life Solutions of Hamlin, Inc. PO Box160 - 1696 Lake Road Hamlin, NY 14464 585-964-7420 www.lifesolutionshamlin.org
Life Solutions of Hamlin offers a wealth of services to the community. The all-volunteer nonprofit provides free food to 50 families per month through its food pantry. It also supports the efforts of Foodlink’s Mobile Food Pantry to distribute food to another 125 families per month, and supplies backpacks to local school kids each year. In addition the organization provides Christmas presents and holiday food baskets to local families and children.
Loop Ministries Urban Food Pantry 111 North Chestnut St. Rochester, NY 14604 www.loopministries.org For information, call the Reformation Lutheran Church at 585-454-3367
The Loop Ministries has a food pantry that distributes up to 300 bags of groceries each month, and a soup kitchen that serves the mentally challenged and the economically challenged. The food pantry is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Its soup kitchen serves supper to the mentally challenged on the second Wednesday of the month and lunch to the economically challenged on the fourth Wednesday of the month.
Meals on Wheels Monroe County 585-787-8397 Ontario County 585-396-4040 Livingston County 585-243-7520
Home delivery of nutritional lunches to seniors who are unable to obtain meals for themselves, especially those who are convalescing.
Mission Share
10 Cedarfield Commons Rochester, NY 14612 585-368-0744 www.missionshareoutreach.org
Food pantry and clothing closet that provides monthly assistance to the residents of the 14468, 14612, 14615, 14616, and 14626 ZIP codes. Mission Share also offers Thanksgiving food baskets, an August backpack give-away, Christmas food
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