Welcome to THE HUB

Restoring Dignity Through Choice

Our food pantry operates on a high-dignity retail model that invites clients to shop and select their own groceries based on their household's needs. By replacing traditional pre-packed boxes with client choice, we honor individual self-worth, accommodate dietary needs, and significantly reduce food waste.

A Welcoming Gateway of Comfort

Designed to eliminate long outdoor lines and congestion, this hall offers a warm, climate-controlled, and dignified environment where families can register and comfortably wait. Serving as a multi-purpose space, it also functions as a community room and gathering venue for events, workshops, and partner collaboration.

Empowering Growth & Community Resilience

A dedicated educational space designed for all ages, offering life-skills training, vocational workshops, financial literacy programs, and youth intervention partnerships. Built with multi-use versatility, this space also doubles as a Community Safe Room and Resilience Center to support regional safety during emergencies.

Integrating Healthcare & Basic Needs

A dedicated co-location health clinic featuring fully equipped exam rooms to bring regional healthcare partners directly to our neighbors. Through on-site primary care, health screenings, and Food as Medicine initiatives, we make healthcare accessible to our neighbors during routine food assistance visits.​

Rapid Relief in Times of Crisis

A dedicated, secure staging space for essential emergency supplies: including beds, diapers, clothing, car seats, and household goods. This area enables our team to rapidly fulfill verified emergency requests from local child welfare agencies, schools, and churches to keep families safe and stable.​

Nourishing Communities & Building Skills

Outfitted with commercial-grade FRP walls and grease interceptor infrastructure, our kitchen allows FYCO to prepare hot community meal plates, safely process perishable donated produce, and host hands-on nutritional and culinary education workshops for local families.

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Cultivating Fresh, Year-Round Nutrition

Integrated directly into our food production footprint, our Flex Farm hydroponic systems produce fresh, pesticide-free leafy greens and herbs year-round. This sustainable technology provides high-nutrient produce directly to our Choice Food Pantry and Commercial Kitchen while serving as an interactive learning tool for youth and community workshops.

Sorting, Packing and Mobilizing Aid

A dedicated, versatile workspace designed for sorting, packaging and staging essential community aid.  This multipurpose room will handle everything from sorting incoming donations, assembling CarePortal emergency packs and senior commodity boxes to packaging fresh harvests our Flex Farms.​

The Hub for Collaborative Support

The administrative center for FYCO staff, providing private space for case management, confidential client intakes, and organizational leadership. In addition, dedicated office and conference suites offer local space for regional service partners who do not maintain a permanent office in Steuben County.​

Powering Regional Nutrition Delivery

Engineered with high-bay LED lighting and extensive racking, our central warehouse manages bulk inventory, fresh produce, and regional food sharing . Anchored by a 45,000 lb hydraulic loading dock, this space powers both our internal pantry and surplus distribution to regional partners.​​