AAA Northeast is collecting food donations at its Utica and Oneonta offices throughout June as part of its Fuel Hope, Fight Hunger campaign to help families facing food insecurity.
The poverty rate has surpassed every other city with at least 100,000 people in them, including places like Detroit and Cleveland. Two upstate cities ranked closely behind: Rochester at #2 and Buffalo at #6.
Did you know there is a Utica Community Fridge? Well, it's located at 112 South Street in Utica and was established for the purpose of helping to feed to the hungry in the city.
For the second time in three years, The Little Caesar's Love Kitchen rolled into Utica and parked at Mother Marianne's Westside Soup Kitchen. The national pizza company started this program almost 30 years ago and help feed the hungry all across the United States!