Monday, September 16, 2024, from 3 pm to 6 pm

Tuesday, September 17, 2024, from 3 pm to 6 pm

Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 11 am to 1 pm

Friday, September 20, 2024, from 9 pm to 12 noon: For seniors, individuals with physical disabilities, and people with special needs, we offer designated handicapped parking and a shopper to deliver food directly to your vehicle.

The JPC Choice Free Food Pantry is located in the new Indoor Johnson Park Green Community Center Food Pantry Wing at 1415 West Street in Utica, NY 13501. Please see flyer below which list the food we will give to the community.

We welcome all low-income families and single individuals who meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) low-income eligibility requirement (see below. JPC is expanding the food pantry hours to accommodate those living in Utica, Rome, the Mohawk Valley, or other surrounding areas.

Please share this message with your friends and family on social media, text, e-mail, or call them to come to JPC Free Choice Food Pantry on the days and times listed above to receive the food.

For all who will come to the Food Pantry for the first time, the head of household must bring the identification (I.D.s) of all people living with you. Acceptable government-issued I.D.s, such as:

1. Birth Certificates

2. NYS Driver's Licenses

3. NYS Photo I.D.s4. Social Security Cards

5. NYS Benefit Cards.

For our Food Pantry Consumers who need to recertify for the JPC Annual Low-Income Recertification, please bring your JPC Food Pantry Card (JPCFPC), the acceptable government identification (I.D.s) as previously stated for all people in your household, and meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) low-income eligibility requirement (see below)

If you are driving, please park your car (parking is available). The food line will be in the 1400 block from the corner of Arthur and West Street, heading towards 1415 West Street at the registration station. The Registration Personnel will scan all heads of households' JPC Food Pantry Cards (JPCFPC). Please bring a government-issued I.D. to verify your JPCFPC.

If you are picking up JPCFPC, the Registration Personnel may ask you to print your name and check the processed cards. If they find your card, they will give it to you.

Suppose you, the head of household, have come to the JPC Food Pantry (F.P.):

a. to pick up your JPCFPC, and it was not found. Re-submit a new F.P. Intake Application

b. For the first time, complete an F.P. Intake application.

c. to add or remove people from your F.P. Intake application on file

d. to replace a lost JPCFPC

The Registration Personnel will direct you to the Intake Station. The Intake Personnel can help you finish the required JPC F.P. Intake Application.

You will go to the next station, sign in, and complete the document based on your JPCFPC or temporary JPCFPC. Then, you will proceed to the various food stations. You will exit the JPC Free Choice Food Pantry area.

Thank you for your continued support & Join Positive Change at Johnson Park Center (JPC).

Rev. Dr. Maria A. Scates, D.D.

President /CEO/Founder

Based on Annual Incomes

2024 Guidelines*

Household Size Income

1----------------------$33,885

2----------------------$45,990

3----------------------$58,095

4----------------------$70,200

5----------------------$82,305

6----------------------$94,410

7----------------------$106,515

For Each Additional Person

Add: $12,105