Food Bank of Central New York has been helping to feed the hungry since 1985. We are the main food supplier to 282 emergency food programs - helping fill food pantries, soup kitchens and emergency shelters with food for distribution to the hungry. Food Bank of Central New York distributed 15,623,010 pounds of food last year which became 13,019,175 meals or enough food for 35,669 meals each day! Our service area includes the following 11 counties throughout central and northern New York: Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, and St. Lawrence.