Perinton Food Shelf celebrates reopening at new location at Town Center Plaza

Perinton Food Shelf celebrates reopening at new location at Town Center Plaza By News10NBC New food shelf opens in Perinton Friday PERINTON, N.Y. — The Perinton Food Shelf celebrated Thursday as it reopened its new home at Town Center Plaza on Pittsford Palmyra Road. Photos via Town of Perinton Food insecurity in our area has grown steadily. According to the food shelf’s website , it was helping 24 families a month in 2000, but now helps 89 families. The food pantry is a volunteer-run pantry, and is looking for more volunteers to help deliver food. Anyone 18 and older can volunteer. To learn more, click here. Not able to volunteer but still want to help? You can donate cash, donate food, or even organize your own drive. The pantry accepts unopened, non-expired food items and shelf-stable pantry staples. These include but are not limited to canned vegetables, baking products, canned fruit, and canned meats and seafood. To see the list of the pantry’s most needed items, click here. To learn more about making donations, click here.