Foodlink Inc. and Wegmans Food Markets Inc.’s annual Fill the Bus campaign has begun, and sponsors are expecting to exceed 300,000 pounds of food for area children this year. Now in its sixth year, the Fill the Bus campaign is ...

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  Chris Wiedemer got into online sales big-time in the early days of the internet 20 years ago. He’d spend hours in the basement of his store, Cooks’ World, preparing 20 to 30 packages a day for shipment. All that kneeling on ...

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Foodlink Inc. is teaming with the City of Rochester and a number of other organizations this weekend to bring food and games to area children. Saturday’s “Spring into Summer” event at Frontier Field will feature games and activities, an appearance ...

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It may not seem like much now, but soon a vacant lot at First Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in the City of Rochester will begin to show signs of life as Taproot Collective develops the property into an urban agriculture ...

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A newly opened Henrietta pizzeria will donate all of its grand opening event proceeds to a local charity. Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza, a fast-casual restaurant that serves custom artisan pizza, will host Donation Day next Wednesday. The April 11 event will ...

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Food banks are a stop-gap measure, not the answer to hunger, agreed a panel brought together Wednesday, March 21, by Foodlink. And the question is not really how to solve hunger, but how to solve poverty, they said. “At a ...

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A returning student at Monroe Community College thought getting a job on campus while taking classes would make things easier than when she worked in food service at a local nursing home. But what she didn’t realize was the extra ...

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A new culinary event in Geneva is expected to raise thousands of dollars for Feeding America’s Finger Lakes and Genesee Valley food bank and regional hub, Foodlink Inc. The inaugural FEAST—Feeding Everyone at Shared Tables—will benefit the Rochester-based nonprofit that ...

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Two area nonprofits will receive grants from the Joy in Childhood Foundation, the charitable foundation supported by Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, as part of a $2.3 million nationwide commitment to address childhood health and hunger needs. The YMCA of Greater ...

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Thirty Rochester-area Tops Friendly Markets stores will participate in this winter’s Check Out Hunger campaign, benefiting Foodlink Inc.’s anti-hunger programs. The campaign, which runs from Jan. 28 through Feb. 17, allows shoppers to make a small donation at the cash ...

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At 94, Rosa Wims shows little sign of slowing down. “Mother Wims,” as she’s fondly known to the community, plans to feed hundreds of hungry people today. This year’s feast marks the 32nd year of the annual Rosa’s Thanksgiving Dinner. The ...

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Though the listening session was held in a craft brewery, most people who commented Tuesday, Oct. 31, on the upcoming renewal of the federal farm bill talked either about food stamps, research or young farmers. The session at Rohrbach’s Brewing ...

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Starting on Sunday, Oct. 29, Wegmans is offering shoppers the ability to donate to Foodlink, the regional food bank, while paying for their groceries. Through Dec. 3, shoppers will be able to contribute to the Check Out Hunger campaign at ...

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Foodlink Inc. has rolled out its annual “Fill the Bus” campaign that aims to put a dent in childhood hunger. The Fill the Bus food drive, which is organized through a partnership with Wegmans Food Markets Inc., 13WHAM ABC, FOX ...

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When Thomas Ferraro founded a food bank in Rochester in the late 1970s, he envisioned an organization that would not only feed Rochester’s hungry but also teach valuable workforce skills and create jobs. He imagined a place that would generate ...

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