News from 2020

Donations to the Credo Community Center in Watertown will be matched dollar for dollar this week.

The Renzi Foodservice Charitable Foundation of Watertown is making sure SUNY Canton students will not go hungry through a multi-year charitable gift.

SUNY Canton recently announced that a food pantry on campus will be officially renamed to the Renzi Food Pantry. This is following a donation of $25 thousand from the Renzi Foodservice Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Each year on Thanksgiving, the Salvation Army serves meals for community members in need of them. Even amid a global pandemic, this year was no exception, as the local chapter set a record for meals served — more than 800.

Jefferson Community College has partnered with Renzi Foodservice to provide hands-on job training to 11 newly hired Renzi employees, allowing them to build their skills while gaining experience and earning wages.

Through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program and Nourish New York, several companies and organizations will serve Jefferson and St. Lawrence County this weekend.

The Council’s grant program is made possible through support from Watertown Savings Bank, Renzi Foodservice Charitable Foundation, RBC Wealth Management, and gifts made to the Friends of the Foundation Annual Community Betterment Fund. Since it was chartered in 2010, the Community Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Council has nearly 100 grants totaling $165,870 in support to nonprofit organizations that serve tri-county residents, and nearly 130 students from six different north country high schools have served as Council members.

The USDA Food Box Distribution Program is part of the Federal COVID-19 Food Assistance Program. The program is intended to purchase surplus commodities to assist farms and food businesses while making products available for free to those suffering from the economic impacts of the pandemic.

A food-distribution event spearheaded by the American Dairy Association North East drew such a massive crowd to the parking lot of the former Medley Centre in Irondequoit Tuesday morning that hundreds of potential recipients had to be turned away.

The American Dairy Association North East along with Glazier Packing Co., Renzi Foodservice, the Clayton Chamber of Commerce and the town of Clayton are coordinating the distribution of more than 2,500 gallons of milk and more than 21,000 pounds of food at a drive-thru event beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cerow Recreation Park, 615 E. Line Road.