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Cookies & Pizza with Santa at the Granby Center Volunteer Fire Department, 1400 County Route 8, Fulton
Join us on Saturday, December 20, 11 am – 1 pm for a jolly good time!
Bring the family to enjoy pizza, cookies, and a visit with Santa himself!
This is a free community event – donations are welcome, but not required
(info: http://www.Facebook.com/GranbyCenterFire or www.facebook.com/events/1134830588415538

Free Christmas Meals

• Wed, December 24, 10 am – 12 noon – Free Christmas Eve Dinner Delivery – Oswego Alliance Church will again be offering a Free Christmas Eve Day dinner which will include scalloped potatoes with ham, vegetables, salad and dessert.

  • Please call the church office @ 315-342-5493 before Mon, Dec 22 @ 12 noon and leave a message to place your order if you would like a dinner to be delivered to your house on Christmas Eve morning. Delivery is 10am-Noon. Please leave your name, phone number, address and how many meals you would like. All those ordering dinners must reside in the OSWEGO City School District. All dinners must be preordered and delivered, and there will be no dine in option.

• Wed, December 24, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Oswego County Salvation Army, 73 West 2^nd Street, OSWEGO – FREE turkey & ham dinner with the fixings

Offering info about resources that are available for anyone. For example, Food $en$e is a way for anyone to stretch their food dollars.

Food $en$e – for January’s order form:

OSWEGO: Salvation Army of Oswego County, 73 W. Second St, Oswego –

• Order (w/ payment) Deadline: Fri, January 16, 2026, by 12 noon (same date if by mail: P.O. Box 146, Oswego – clearly mark Food Sense on envelope)

  • (orders taken at Salvation Army in Oswego, Mon – Fri, 10 am – 2 pm)

• Pick up: Thurs, January 29, 2026, 10:30 am – 2 pm at Salvation Army in Oswego

• Contact Lt Cassidy Dow or Lt Michael Dow (315-343-6491) at the Salvation Army in Oswego with any questions

FULTON: Fulton 1^st United Methodist Church, 1408 State Route 176, Fulton –

• Order (w/ payment) Deadline: Fri, January 16, 2026, by 1:00 pm

• Pick up: Wed, January 28, 2026, 10 am at Fulton 1^st UMC in Fulton

• Call church office (315-592-7347) with any questions or to arrange a different pick-up time

For Phoenix Food Sense, please follow the Phoenix Area Food Pantry on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PhoenixAreaFoodPantry

NEW!! Online ordering with Credit/Debit Card Payment now available at https://foodsense.foodbankcny.org

 FREE MEALS
Free sack lunch – every Saturday, 10 am – 12 noon
1st United Church, 33 S. Third Street, Fulton

 ***NEW Resource***

Free Will Lunches – every Thursday, Friday* and Saturday – Noon to 2 pm. On Sat, an extra bagged lunch provided for next day. Toiletries, canned food, hats/gloves, warming blankets & more are available.

Feed and Share Project (feedandshareproject@yahoo.com, (315) 297-2959), 624 Oneida Street, Fulton

• NOTE: Closed on Thur, 12/25 for Christmas but will be back on Friday, 12/26 for lunch!

Wed, December 17, 4-5:30 pm (as typical, 3^rd Wed of each month)
Freewill Dinner (sloppy joe & pasta salad)
Minetto United Methodist Church, corner of St Rte 48 and Co Rte 8 in Minetto (just north of Minetto Elementary School)
GPS setting: 2433 County Route 8, Minetto, NY 13115
Eat in or Take out
Info: (315) 343-3465 or http://www.minettoumc.org
(The upcoming freewill dinners are usually planned for the 3^rd Wed of the month from 4:00 – 5:30 pm – next freewill dinner is planned for Wed, January 21)

Wed, December 17, 5 – 6 pm (a week earlier than typical last Wed of each month)
Free Monthly Community Dinner
Holy Trinity Parish, 309 Buffalo Street, Fulton
(accessible via the Buffalo Street and Atrium entrance)
Dinners are dine-in (unless physically unable to attend – there will be a few takeouts available)
Info: Len @ new phone # (315) 412-6063 or http://www.holytrinityfulton.org
(The upcoming free monthly community dinners are planned for the last Wed of every month from 5 – 6 pm – next free dinner is Wed, January 28)

 Sun, January 4, 4:30 – 5:30 pm (or until food is gone)
Freewill Dinner (sloppy joes, coleslaw, baked beans, cookie & beverage)
Trinity United Methodist Church, 45 East Utica Street, Oswego
Eat-in only  (downstairs: use Utica Street entrance)
Info: (315) 343-1715 or www.facebook.com/OswegoNYTrinityUMC.

(The upcoming freewill dinners are planned for the first Sunday of most every month from 4:30—5:30 pm or until food is gone – next freewill dinner (soups and sandwiches, cake & beverage) is Sun, February 1)

 Additionally, there are Mobile Food Pantries across Oswego County – you can typically find updated flyers at: https://health.oswegocounty.com/mobile_food_pantry.php – upcoming locations:

• Tues, 1/6/26 @ 4 pm – Central Square Middle School, 248 US Route 11, Central Square, NY 13036 (parking lot open after 3:30 pm; please do not show up before)

• Wed, 1/21/26 @ 3 pm – Bowens Corners United Methodist Church, 758 State Route 176, Fulton, NY 13069

For other Food Sense and Mobile Food Pantry locations throughout Oswego County (Central Square, Phoenix and Pulaski) as well as contiguous counties, refer to contact info at www.foodbankcny.org/find-food

 Erin’s Angels of CNY does Amazon Giveaways each month for various school districts. To stay updated on the latest giveaways follow http://www.facebook.com/ErinsAngelsCNY .

Some additional resources for access to food:

• Oswego County 2023 Community Services Directory – accessed at https://youthbureau.oswegocounty.com/youth_bureau_/communityservicesdirectory.php

  • Oswego County Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens, Free Dinners (pages 56-57)

• 211 CNY (call 211 OR visit www.211cny.com

  • Search for Food in Oswego County (or whatever resource needed and location preferred)

Thank you Deb Daby and Farnham Family Services for compiling this list!
OCO shares this listing as a public service for free distributions of food and supplies by various agencies and businesses. OCO is not responsible for changes in schedule or quantities of goods distributed.
See a necessary edit? E-mail sfowler1@oco.org

FLYERS:
Granby Center VFD_Pizza and Cookies_Dec 20
Food Sense Order Form -January 2026 (Fulton)
January Food Sense (Oswego) 
MFP-BowensCornersUMC-Jan21 
MFP-CentralSquareMS-Jan06