We are so grateful for our partnership with Connected Community Schools. We were able to donate and distribute food to 300 plus families — 1,240 kids. Read below to see what Connected Community Schools had to say about our work together. Have you ever really needed a friend? Well we did, after an unprecedented amount […]
Compassion Coalition and other nonprofits working hard to feed community during pandemic
“The high demand for food has pushed Compassion Coalition into overdrive,” writes Amy Neff Roth at the Observer Dispatch. The coronavirus pandemic has created greater need within the community and surrounding areas, and we are rising to meet that need. We’ve donated eight tractor-trailer loads of nonperishable food since the state shutdown, in Utica and Albany, […]
Community helping community during the coronavirus pandemic
During these hard times, our community needs to come together more than ever. We are proud and grateful to be able to partner with various entities to help distributed product where it is needed most, whether it be food for school lunches and food pantries, or items including coolers and school supplies. Here are just […]
Equipped 2 Teach gets an upgrade
In May 2019, we launched our renovated location of Equipped 2 Teach, central New York’s first and only teacher resource center. Our new location is at 506 Columbia Street — where the old Bargain Grocery was located. We are booked for the remainder of this school year, but will be open again in September 2019! […]
Bargain Grocery aims to alleviate food insecurity, provide food accessibility
Distance from a grocery store, availability of healthy foods, and food prices all heavily influence what an individual or household is going to eat. These barriers can negatively affect diets, lifestyles, and food security. Food accessibility is a huge problem for residents in the neighborhoods surrounding Bargain Grocery. 12% of people in Oneida County are […]
Equipped to Teach to expand, launch new store in late April
Compassion Coalition’s: Equipped to Teach is Central New York’s first and only teacher free store, serving teachers in schools where 70% or more of the student population receives free or reduced lunch. Compassion Coalition launched Equipped to Teach in the front entrance of their Lafayette St. location on December 3, 2017, allowing teachers to shop […]
