Utica National Group Foundation Awards $250K To Local Food Banks

The Utica National Group Foundation is awarding $250,00 to over 30 local food pantries and soup kitchens.

The Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Utica National Insurance Group.

The group partnered with the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties to identify the need and distribute the individual grants.

The funds awarded will be used to provide individual meals from local restaurants to soup kitchens and will restock food pantries’ shelves with essentials.

“This award from the Utica National Group Foundation Fund means so much to so many. It’s unique because its impact is three-pronged—benefitting residents who need food, while also supporting the nonprofits that distribute the food, as well as local restaurants that are preparing the meals,” said Alicia Dicks, president/CEO of the Community Foundation. “Its this type of impact that will help overcome food insecurity in our area and we’re proud that we could play a part in it.”

The Utica National Group Foundation launched an initiative last spring, “The Food Security Project”, to help address food insecurity issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

That included an initial award of $75,000.

Here are the latest awards recipients:

Angels Among Us Food Pantry
Bread of Life Community Center
Camden Area Food Pantry
Church of the Holy Family Pantry
Dolgeville Area Food Pantry
Feed Our Vets Food Pantry
Foothills Rural Community Ministry
Frankfort Ilion Food Pantry
Helping Hands Food Pantry
Hope House
Johnson Park Center
Kuyahoora Valley Food Pantry
Little Falls Community Outreach
Mohawk Valley Food Pantry
Mother Marianne’s West Side Kitchen
Rescue Mission of Utica
Rome Rescue Mission
Salvation Army – Herkimer
Salvation Army - Rome
Salvation Army – Utica
Seeds of Hope Food Pantry
St. Bartholomew’s Food Pantry
St. John’s Outreach Food Pantry
St. Joseph’s Church Pantry
The Country Pantry
Thea Bowman House
Town of Verona Food Pantry
Utica Food Pantry
Van Hornesville Food Pantry
Waterville Area Food Pantry
West Winfield Food Pantry
Westminster Moriah Olivet Pantry

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