Schenectady County Food Resources

From Cornell Cooperative Extension and CARES of New York, Schenectady County Food Resources:

City Mission of Schenectady Meals
-Provide sit down meals Mon-Fri 5PM-6PM at their Dining Center (512 Smith Street Schenectady, NY 12305)

-Provide bagged lunches 24/7 at their Welcome Center (427 Hamilton Street Schenectady NY 12305)

Sycamore Collaborative Food Pantry
Open Mon, Wed, Fri 9AM-11:30AM (839 Albany St. Schenectady, NY 12307)

Salvation Army Schenectady Food Assistance
Community Meals Mon-Fri Breakfast 7:30AM-8:30AM and Lunch 12:30PM-1:30PM.  Food Pantry Wed-Fri 9:30AM-11:30AM

Bethesda House Daily Meal and Food Pantries
Daily meal Mon-Fri at 1:30PM at the Drop-in Center (834 State Street) Food Pantry 9:00AM-11:00AM on the 2nd and 3rd Tuesday of each month. P.G. Wright Food Pantry 9:00AM-11:00AM on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month

State Street Food Pantry – State Street Presbyterian Church
Mon-Wed 10:00AM-1:30PM at (5 Catherine St., Schenectady, NY 12307)
First Reformed Church Schenectady Wednesday Lunch 12:00PM-1:00PM at (8 North Church Street, Schenectady, NY 12305)

St. Luke’s Food Pantry
The Daily Bread Food Pantry Tue, Wed, Thurs, Sat 10:00AM-2:00PM at (1235 State St., Schenectady NY)

Rotterdam Community Center-Bread of Life Food Pantry 

(705 Curry Road, Rotterdam)  9:00AM-12:00PM on the 3rd Monday of each month, 5:00PM-8:00PM on the 4th Monday of each month, and 9:00AM-12:00PM on the 3rd Saturday of each month.

Hope Answers Food Pantry
Mon 10:00AM-12:00PM at (3 Morris Ave, Schenectady, NY)

Bellevue Reformed Church Food Pantry
Self-Serve Little Free Food Pantry at (2000 Broadway, Schenectady, NY 12306)

Bethel Northside Mobile Food Pantry
4:00PM-6:00PM on the 3rd Thursday of the month at (1840 Van Vranken Ave, Schenectady, NY)

First United Methodist Church
Community Thanksgiving Meal on Fri Nov 21 at 6:00PM at (603 State Street, Schenectady NY)

Islamic Center of the Capital District Food Pantry
11:00AM-1:00PM on the 2nd Saturday of every month at (21 Lansing Rd N, Schenectady, NY)

Our Lady of Fatima Church Food Pantry
Food pantry by appointment only. (1735 Alexander Road, Delanson)

 
The Fresh Table of Scotia-Glenville (click for link)
Pop-up pantry – check website for location/times

Young Parents United Food Support (click for link)
Book appointment on website.

More Resources:

Our neighbor, the YWCA of Northeastern NY also has a website listing additional food resources here https://www.ywca-neny.org/foodpantries/. There is also a Free Food Fridge located to the right of the driveway at the YWCA. Additional Free Food Fridges may be found here https://freefoodfridgealbany.com/findafridge-2 

Free menstrual products can be found at the following locations thanks to The Mooncatcher Project https://www.mooncatcher.org/period-pantries 

The 518 Free Store https://518freestore.org/ also located on FB https://www.facebook.com/518freestore provides support for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ MaGes in Schenectady, NY.

Wednesday Lunch at Covenant Hall at First Reformed Church on Church Street from 12-1 every Wednesday. There is also a Free Food Pantry located on the Church Street side of the church campus.

This list is certainly not exhaustive and if there is a resource that you feel is worth sharing, please email me at katherine@historicstockade.org with the information and I can send out an additional email.

additional resources listed for free pet food below and attached as an image:

Columbia Greene Humane Society
125 Humane Society Road
Hudson, NY 12534
The food bank is open to the public every day between 11:30am and 4:00pm. For pet food other than cat or dog, please call (518) 828-6044 x100

Mohawk Hudson Humane Society Menands
3 Oakland Avenue
Menands, NY
Every day 10am-5pm

Mohawk Hudson Humane Society Saratoga
4255 Route 50 Saratoga
Monday through Thursday 9am-12pm

Bethlehem Food Pantry
445 Delaware Avenue
Delmar, NY 12054
518-439-4955

Sister Maureen Joyce Food Pantry
315 Sheridan Ave
Albany, NY 12206
518-465-8262

CONSERNS-U
50 S Herrick St
Rensselaer, NY 12144
518-463-8571

Damien Center Albany
728 Madison Ave
Albany, NY 12208
518-449-7119

Hope 7 Food Pantry
520 Pawling Ave
Troy, NY 12180
518-272-1547

Mechanicville Area Community Services Center
6 Main St
Mechanicville, NY 12118
518-664-8322

Unity House of Troy, Inc.
2431 6th Ave
Troy, NY 12180
518-274-2607

Schenectady Inner City Ministry Food Pantry
Schenectady County Residents Only
839 Albany St
Schenectady, NY 12307
No income requirements but ID required
518-346-4035