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Fulton Daily News

New Faces, Familiar Needs: County’s Food Pantries Busier Than Ever

 Helen Hoefer can sum up the pace of her business in one word: “Booming”.

That’s not good news. Hoefer runs the food pantry and other emergency services for Catholic Charities of Oswego County. “Our numbers are up about 33% and I think it’s going to get a lot worse,” she said.

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Constellation Energy’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Collects Food for Local Pantry

</p>Constellation Energy employees collected boxes of pantry staples to assist a local food pantry.

The food drive was in addition to a recent financial sponsorship of the Food Bank of Central New York. Employees collected boxes of pantry staples such as peanut butter, cereal, tuna fish and other items to assist a local food pantry recover from the summer months when many emergency food programs see a significant increase in need and decrease in donations.

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Birds Eye Foods Supports Catholic Charities’ Food Pantry

</p>The Birds Eye Foods Foundation recently presented Catholic Charities of Oswego County with a check in support of Catholic Charities food pantry.  Pictured above from left are; Sue Fuller, administrative supervisor with Birds Eye Foods in Fulton; Jim Smiley of Catholic Charities of Oswego County; Birds Eye Foods Fulton Plant Manager, Ray Hauser; and Earnie Pietrykowski, Human Resources Manager at Birds Eye.

Birds Eye Foods in Fulton recently presented Catholic Charities of Oswego County with a check in support of the agency’s food pantry.  Each year the food pantry at Catholic Charities of Oswego County feeds thousands of families and distributes hundreds of Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets to those in need.

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