Help the Olean Food Pantry Win a Grant from Siemens Energy

The Olean Food Pantry submitted a video in a competition to win a grant from Siemens Energy for up to $10,000 to help support our goal of giving back to our Community. WE NEED YOUR HELP! The grant awards are based on the number of "Likes" for each video. Please help us win the grant by going to the Siemens website (the link is in the Voting instructions or copy and paste the URL sie.energy/CharityVideo in your browser), find our video among the other competitors and click on the "Like" button at the bottom of the video. You can find the video by looking for the Olean Food Pantry Bread Icon shown in the Header of this page.
You can vote once each day through the end of the contest (December 11, 2020). PLEASE HELP!

​Siemens Energy Video Page

Voting Instructions:
  1. First, go to our official contest site to view all the charity videos.
  2. To vote, simply click the “Like” button for the respective video.
  3. Spread the word to get more votes! Share these instructions and the URL sie.energy/CharityVideo with your organization’s constituents, your loved ones, on social media, etc.
  4. Voting is open from now until December 11th, 2020.
  5. Please note: You can vote once a day
Vote by December 11th, 2020 and help us spread positive energy to local communities at a time when it’s needed most!

Feeding the community, body, mind & soul

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Olean Food Pantry began in 1954 when a small women’s’ group from Bethany Lutheran church started providing food to people referred to them by Social Services. In the 70’s and 80’s these needs were handled on an on-call basis.

In 1989 Bethany Food Pantry was reorganized under the auspices of the Greater Olean Association of Churches, an ecumenical board was formed and the first OFP director was named. For the first time volunteers had the pantry open for regular hours! As the needs of the community grew so did the pantry which moved to several different locations including Central Baptist Church, Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church, and 1010 Wayne street in the Empire Zone.

In August 2004 The Olean Food Pantry became Olean Food Pantry Inc. and is now an official 501(3)c tax exempt organization independent of GOAC. Through the generosity of the community and Bethany Lutheran Church the Olean Food Pantry Inc. now resides at 8 Leo Moss Drive in a new building dedicated on September 15, 2007. 

​In 2017 we served 179,998 meals to over 2,000 area residents!
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​"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world"  -Anne Frank

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Our Mission Statement

As a volunteer organization, the Olean Food Pantry provides food security by offering choices of healthy nutritious food.
In cooperation with the community, we empower individuals through education, resources, and knowledge to promote opportunities to become self-sufficient.
» Meet our team of board members and staff at Olean Food Pantry
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Address: 8 Leo Moss Drive, Olean, NY 14760
Phone: (716) 372-4989
Email: oleanfoodpantry@yahoo.com
​Facebook: Olean Food Pantry, Inc.
Hours
Mondays 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Fridays 10 AM - 2 PM
​​Last Monday of every month open until 6 PM

​* Mobile Food Pantry:
Last Wednesday of the Month
​Check in is at 12 PM. Please bring photo ID