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TIOGA COUNTY COMMUNITY PRESS
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Tioga Central’s YES! LEADS chapter recently hosted a free family movie night at the Tioga Cental Middle School auditorium. YES! LEADers and their Advisor Janice Barto played host to over 125 people as Zookeeper was shown on the big screen. “It was a nice event for our community,” Advisor Janice Barto said. “Many people still don’t have power and this provided a nice opportunity for families to enjoy a fun evening together. I’m pleased with the turnout,” she said. The YES! LEADS family movie night is part of a series of community outreach projects that YES! LEADers conduct throughout the year. Later this month, Tioga Central’s YES! LEADers will host a winter social, and in the summer,
LEADers volunteer their time with their district-run Summer Recreation Program. YES! LEADS is a program run by YES! Safe Choices for Kids, sponsored by Senator Libous and Lourdes Hospital, currently in its 23rd year. It features trained high school leaders that act as role models for younger children. They present different activities designed to empower elementary school students with the resistance skills to combat peer pressures they may face in the future. Each year, Tioga Central’s YES! LEADers reach over 300 middle and elementary school students with their message of making safe choices. For more information on YES! LEADS, visit www.YesSafeChoices.com
Food Bank Receives Grant
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The Food Bank of the Southern Tier announced that a grant was received in the amount of $13,000 from the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes, Inc. These funds will be used for program expansion of the Mobile Food Pantry Program in Chemung and Steuben counties in support of the Food Bank’s capital campaign, Strengthening the Root of Local Hunger Relief. “The Food Bank is one of our region’s flagship organizations that provides critical services to many of our community members. The Community Foundation is proud to support their work,” said Sara Palmer, Community Foundation Program Officer. The Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes, Inc. is a permanent source of charitable funds backed by a wide variety of donors committed to the social and economic health of the Southern Finger Lakes. “We value the Community Foundation’s partnership which allows us to have an even greater impact on the lives of the Southern Tier neighbors in need,” said Natasha Thompson, Food Bank President & CEO. Introduced in July 2007, the Food Bank of the Southern Tier’s Mobile Food Pantry Program consists of two converted 35-foot beverage trucks which deliver fresh pro-
duce, dairy products, and other food and grocery products directly to distribution sites where people need food. The Mobile Food Pantry can transport up to 15,000 pounds of food with a typical mobile pantry distribution, providing food to 200 to 250 families in need. In 2010, the Mobile Food Pantry Program distributed 2,536,413 pounds of food, including 746,087 pounds of produce, at 472 distributions. Nearly 11,000 people receive emergency food assistance each week from a food pantry, soup kitchen, or other agency served by the Food Bank. In February 2011, the Food Bank of the Southern Tier relocated to a larger 65,000 square foot facility located at 388 Upper Oakwood Avenue in Elmira. The Food Bank’s new facility will accommodate their long term growth and plans for ongoing program expansion. The Food Bank is currently conducting a capital campaign to support their expansion. To learn more about how you can support the Food Bank’s capital campaign, Strengthening the Root of Local Hunger Relief, contact the Food Bank’s Resource Development Department at (607) 796-6061, ext. 4031 or www.foodbankst.org.