Snapshot Year End 2025
On behalf of the board of directors and our many volunteers of Canandaigua Churches In Action, we want to thank you for your support of this organization in 2025. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to help serve families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
I would like to give you a year-end update. As with many non-profit providers, the last few months of 2025 brought some challenges. More families came seeking emergency food with the temporary loss of benefits and changes made to SNAP. Keeping the pantry shelves stocked with a variety of food was a priority. Through food drives and financial donations, we were able to purchase needed food from Foodlink and our local grocery stores. We did not have to close or shorten any of our open pantry hours. The food pantry served 3,850 families with emergency food. In addition to walk-in services, the CCIA Resource Room continued to provide rental assistance. We were able to assist 26 families in making partial rent payments and helping them to stay in their current housing situation. The Resource Room handed out 3,850 bus passes to those with transportation needs. Supply A Smile Free Dental Program and Free Smile Day provided free dental care with cleanings, fillings, extractions and dentures to 100 adults.
Again, thank you for your kindness and generosity in giving to Canandaigua Churches In Action with your financial donations and food drives. Your support has been a lifeline in helping families.
With Thanks,
Pastor Jeff
A special thank you to those who have supported the food pantry during the government shut down. Many families are struggling with the loss of food stamps. Thank you for your financial donations and food drives. Your kindness will help many families here in our community. (November 2025)
Snapshot Fiscal Year 2024-2025
On behalf of the board of directors of Canandaigua Churches In Action, we want to thank you for your support over the past year. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to serve our many families in our community and throughout Ontario County. I would like to give you a snapshot of our 2024-2025 Fiscal Year ending on June 30th. Your financial support helps in many ways.
Your support allows us to purchase food from foodlink and our local grocery stores. We experienced an increase in visits for emergency food by serving food 3,737 families with food assistance. With this increase in visits also comes an increase in food costs. With lack of funding (SNAP, HPANP) our cost for food has increased by over 200% these past few years. We are budgeting $35,200.00 for food during the coming fiscal year.
The CCIA Resource Room provided rental assistance to 33 families with a cost of $8,914.18. Bus passes continue to be a need for those with transportation needs. The Resource Room handed out 3,413 bus passes to 572 individuals. Walk in services provided by Fidelis Care helped 52 individuals with care needs and NY Law assisted 238 families with SNAP benefits.
Supply a Smile and Free Smile Day provided free dental care with cleanings, fillings, extractions and dentures to 120 adults.
We continue to work with many of the other Emergency Providers here in our local community. We are thankful for their support in helping families. We understand that by working together we can help meet the increasing needs of families here in our local community and throughout Ontario County. A special thank you to; Catholic Charities, NY Law, N2N, St. Vincent DePaul, Salvation Army, Care Net.
Again, thank you for your support over the years. Your kindness and generosity have touched many lives. Whether you have given financially, volunteered your time, held a food drive or fund raiser we are grateful for your commitment to Canandaigua Churches In Action.
With Thanks,
Pastor Jeff
On behalf of the board of directors of Canandaigua Churches In Action, we want to thank you for your support over the past year. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to serve our many families in our community and throughout Ontario County. I would like to give you a snapshot of our 2024-2025 Fiscal Year ending on June 30th. Your financial support helps in many ways.
Your support allows us to purchase food from foodlink and our local grocery stores. We experienced an increase in visits for emergency food by serving food 3,737 families with food assistance. With this increase in visits also comes an increase in food costs. With lack of funding (SNAP, HPANP) our cost for food has increased by over 200% these past few years. We are budgeting $35,200.00 for food during the coming fiscal year.
The CCIA Resource Room provided rental assistance to 33 families with a cost of $8,914.18. Bus passes continue to be a need for those with transportation needs. The Resource Room handed out 3,413 bus passes to 572 individuals. Walk in services provided by Fidelis Care helped 52 individuals with care needs and NY Law assisted 238 families with SNAP benefits.
Supply a Smile and Free Smile Day provided free dental care with cleanings, fillings, extractions and dentures to 120 adults.
We continue to work with many of the other Emergency Providers here in our local community. We are thankful for their support in helping families. We understand that by working together we can help meet the increasing needs of families here in our local community and throughout Ontario County. A special thank you to; Catholic Charities, NY Law, N2N, St. Vincent DePaul, Salvation Army, Care Net.
Again, thank you for your support over the years. Your kindness and generosity have touched many lives. Whether you have given financially, volunteered your time, held a food drive or fund raiser we are grateful for your commitment to Canandaigua Churches In Action.
With Thanks,
Pastor Jeff
Snapshot Year End 2024
On behalf of the board of directors and our many volunteers of Canandaigua Churches In Action, we want to thank you for your continued support of this organization. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to help serve families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
It is through support like yours that we can purchase food from Foodlink and our local grocery stores to support the food pantry. This past year we experienced an increase in visits for emergency food by serving 3,699 families. In addition to walk-in services the CCIA Resource Room continues to provide rental assistance. This past year we assisted 40 families helping to pay their rent and stay in their apartment. The Resource Room handed out 3,315 bus passes to those with transportation needs. Supply A Smile Free Dental Program and Free Smile Day provided free dental care with cleanings, fillings, extractions and dentures to 100 adults.
Again, thank you for your kindness and generosity in giving to Canandaigua Churches In Action.
With Thanks,
Pastor Jeff
On behalf of the board of directors and our many volunteers of Canandaigua Churches In Action, we want to thank you for your continued support of this organization. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to help serve families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
It is through support like yours that we can purchase food from Foodlink and our local grocery stores to support the food pantry. This past year we experienced an increase in visits for emergency food by serving 3,699 families. In addition to walk-in services the CCIA Resource Room continues to provide rental assistance. This past year we assisted 40 families helping to pay their rent and stay in their apartment. The Resource Room handed out 3,315 bus passes to those with transportation needs. Supply A Smile Free Dental Program and Free Smile Day provided free dental care with cleanings, fillings, extractions and dentures to 100 adults.
Again, thank you for your kindness and generosity in giving to Canandaigua Churches In Action.
With Thanks,
Pastor Jeff
Special thank you to those who supported "Free Smile Day 2025"
LUX Dental
Wegmans Canandaigua
Mc Donalds
Ray's
Marks Pizza
Peppers Deli
Starbucks
Pudgies Pizza
LUX Dental
Wegmans Canandaigua
Mc Donalds
Ray's
Marks Pizza
Peppers Deli
Starbucks
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Director's Chair: 2023 In Review
On behalf of the board of directors and our many volunteers of Canandaigua Churches In Action, thank you to all of those who have supported this organization over the past year. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to help serve our many families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
This past year we experienced an increase in visits for emergency food by serving 3,464 families. In addition to walk-in services the CCIA Resource Room continues to provide rental assistance. This past year we assisted 47 families helping to pay their rent and stay in their apartment. The Resource Room handed out 1600 bus passes to those with transportation needs. Supply A Smile Free Dental Program and Free Smile Day provided free dental care to over 100 adults without dental insurance. CCIA now supports the Canandaigua School Food Pantry (Spot-Mart) under the leadership of The Spot. Spot-Mart now provides additional food support for students and their families each month.
Again, thank you for your kindness and generosity in giving to Canandaigua Churches In Action. Your financial support and food drives have helped to bless many lives in our community with the love and compassion of Jesus.
We truly live in a caring and giving community!
Pastor Jeff
On behalf of the board of directors and our many volunteers of Canandaigua Churches In Action, thank you to all of those who have supported this organization over the past year. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to help serve our many families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
This past year we experienced an increase in visits for emergency food by serving 3,464 families. In addition to walk-in services the CCIA Resource Room continues to provide rental assistance. This past year we assisted 47 families helping to pay their rent and stay in their apartment. The Resource Room handed out 1600 bus passes to those with transportation needs. Supply A Smile Free Dental Program and Free Smile Day provided free dental care to over 100 adults without dental insurance. CCIA now supports the Canandaigua School Food Pantry (Spot-Mart) under the leadership of The Spot. Spot-Mart now provides additional food support for students and their families each month.
Again, thank you for your kindness and generosity in giving to Canandaigua Churches In Action. Your financial support and food drives have helped to bless many lives in our community with the love and compassion of Jesus.
We truly live in a caring and giving community!
Pastor Jeff
Director’s Chair: Fiscal Year In Review
7/1/2022– 6/30/2023
On behalf of the board of directors and our many volunteers of Canandaigua Churches In Action, we want to thank our many supporters over the past year. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to help serve our many families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
It is through support like yours that we were able to serve 3,012 families with emergency food. The food pantry has membership in our local foodbank, Foodlink. The pantry is able to access 80% of our food supply from Foodlink. Additional food items will be purchased at our local grocery stores to help keep the shelves stocked.
In addition to walk in services, the CCIA Resource Room provided rental assistance to 50 families so they could stay in their apartment. The Resource room provide over 1,100 bus passes and 115 gas cards for those with transportation needs. We continue to offer job and housing search. We provide phone and computer use along with copying and faxing of documents. Fidelis Care, NY Law (SNAP) and Catholic Charities also provide services here at the Resource Room.
Supply A Smile Free Dental Program and Free Smile Day helped adults without dental insurance. SAS continues to hold monthly screenings at the Canandaigua Elementary School. We are thankful for the use of this facility. A special thank you to our many dentists, hygienists and office staff that make this possible.
The CCIA PES Back - Pack Program is partnering again with the Canandaigua School District and The Spot to provide additional food for 160 students during school breaks. Thank you to the staff at the Primary / Elementary School that help make this possible.
Again, thank you to all of our supporters over the past year. Whether you gave financially or held a food drive, your kindness and generosity has helped many lives here in our community.
May you stay safe and well,
Pastor Jeff
CCIA Executive Director
7/1/2022– 6/30/2023
On behalf of the board of directors and our many volunteers of Canandaigua Churches In Action, we want to thank our many supporters over the past year. It is through your kindness and generosity that we were able to help serve our many families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
It is through support like yours that we were able to serve 3,012 families with emergency food. The food pantry has membership in our local foodbank, Foodlink. The pantry is able to access 80% of our food supply from Foodlink. Additional food items will be purchased at our local grocery stores to help keep the shelves stocked.
In addition to walk in services, the CCIA Resource Room provided rental assistance to 50 families so they could stay in their apartment. The Resource room provide over 1,100 bus passes and 115 gas cards for those with transportation needs. We continue to offer job and housing search. We provide phone and computer use along with copying and faxing of documents. Fidelis Care, NY Law (SNAP) and Catholic Charities also provide services here at the Resource Room.
Supply A Smile Free Dental Program and Free Smile Day helped adults without dental insurance. SAS continues to hold monthly screenings at the Canandaigua Elementary School. We are thankful for the use of this facility. A special thank you to our many dentists, hygienists and office staff that make this possible.
The CCIA PES Back - Pack Program is partnering again with the Canandaigua School District and The Spot to provide additional food for 160 students during school breaks. Thank you to the staff at the Primary / Elementary School that help make this possible.
Again, thank you to all of our supporters over the past year. Whether you gave financially or held a food drive, your kindness and generosity has helped many lives here in our community.
May you stay safe and well,
Pastor Jeff
CCIA Executive Director
Director’s Chair: Fiscal Year In Review
7/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
As we close out our fiscal year, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank our member churches and local community for their support. We are truly blessed here at Canandaigua Churches in Action (CCIA) to have such a caring and giving community. Your commitment to support CCIA through financial giving, food donations is vital to the success of our mission to serve our community with the love and compassion of Christ. Without your support we could not accomplish what God has planned for us here in our community and throughout Ontario County.
I would like to give you a snap shot of what we have been able to accomplish with your support. The CCIA food pantry served emergency food to over 2,169 families. We are thankful for Pat and her team of volunteers that have kept the pantry doors open. We continue to receive 80% of our food supply from foodlink. We rely on our community to help make up the shortage.
CCIA continues to work with the Canandaigua Primary – Elementary School to provide back packs filled with meals for kids. We are able to purchase these through foodlink and have them deliverd directly to the school. The back packs are then handed out once a month by staff and volunteers. This school year we were able to provide 216 back packs each month. The cost for each monthly distribution is $725.16. We are thankful for all the school staff and volunteers who have helped to make this possible. We look to continue this program as the new school year starts soon.
The “Supply A Smile” Dental Program has changed in its approach to help individuals with free dental care. We are able to help provide dental care through our monthly screenings and the support of local dental offices that provide this needed care. Pastor Joan has also provided dental care by providing financial grants towards patient care. We are thankful to the Canandaigua School District that allows SAS the space to hold these free monthly screenings through the school year.
The Supply A Smile Dental Program was able to provide a yearly outreach, “Free Smile Day” on September 18th, 2021. We are thankful to Lux Dental which opened their doors to allow SAS to hold this event. We were able to help 100 individuals to receivce free dental care through this event. Special thanks to Pastor Joan Wood and all of the volunteers, office staff, dentists, and hygienists who made this possible.
Over the past 18 months CCIA supported our community as one of three designated mass food distribution sites for Ontario County. We are thankful to Zion Fellowship, as they allowed us to use their facility to host this distribution. Over 1,500 families were able to benefit from this distribution. This program ended in July 2021. We give thanks to the many volunteers who came and made this possible.
CCIA is looking to partner with Partnership of Ontario County, United Way and Zion Fellowship to offer a similar food distribution program called “Pop Up Pantry.” This once a month food distribution will help families to access additional food support. Foodlink will provide the food items and our volunteers will sort and distribute the food through a drive thru model at Zion Fellowship. Check our website for more inforamtion and dates of distribution.
The Resource Room is now open 3 days a week. We have expanded some of our services to include rental assistance, gas cards and bus passes. We have helped 16 individuals / families with rental assistance. We understand how important it is to keep families in their apartments. We have been able to hand out over 88 gas cards and over 300 bus passes to families. We also provide weekly job listings and computer support for those looking for employment and housing. We can help make copies and fax documents to help families. We have invited Fidelis Care and NY LAW to join us on site to help families with health insurance and SNAP (food stamps) applications.
We continue to work with other emergency providers in our community to help families in need. Some of those providers include, Catholic Charities of the Finger Lakes, Neighbor 2 Neighbor, St. Vincent DePaul, Care Net, and Salvation Army. We understand that by working together we can help meet the increasing needs of families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
A special thank you to all the volunteers who come and give of their time helping families. Without their dedication we could not provide these services to our community. Thank you, to those who have given through clothing drives, food drives, special events to benefit the food pantry and the Co-Op.
Thank you again for your support of CCIA,
Jeff Lippincott
CCIA Executive Director
7/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
As we close out our fiscal year, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank our member churches and local community for their support. We are truly blessed here at Canandaigua Churches in Action (CCIA) to have such a caring and giving community. Your commitment to support CCIA through financial giving, food donations is vital to the success of our mission to serve our community with the love and compassion of Christ. Without your support we could not accomplish what God has planned for us here in our community and throughout Ontario County.
I would like to give you a snap shot of what we have been able to accomplish with your support. The CCIA food pantry served emergency food to over 2,169 families. We are thankful for Pat and her team of volunteers that have kept the pantry doors open. We continue to receive 80% of our food supply from foodlink. We rely on our community to help make up the shortage.
CCIA continues to work with the Canandaigua Primary – Elementary School to provide back packs filled with meals for kids. We are able to purchase these through foodlink and have them deliverd directly to the school. The back packs are then handed out once a month by staff and volunteers. This school year we were able to provide 216 back packs each month. The cost for each monthly distribution is $725.16. We are thankful for all the school staff and volunteers who have helped to make this possible. We look to continue this program as the new school year starts soon.
The “Supply A Smile” Dental Program has changed in its approach to help individuals with free dental care. We are able to help provide dental care through our monthly screenings and the support of local dental offices that provide this needed care. Pastor Joan has also provided dental care by providing financial grants towards patient care. We are thankful to the Canandaigua School District that allows SAS the space to hold these free monthly screenings through the school year.
The Supply A Smile Dental Program was able to provide a yearly outreach, “Free Smile Day” on September 18th, 2021. We are thankful to Lux Dental which opened their doors to allow SAS to hold this event. We were able to help 100 individuals to receivce free dental care through this event. Special thanks to Pastor Joan Wood and all of the volunteers, office staff, dentists, and hygienists who made this possible.
Over the past 18 months CCIA supported our community as one of three designated mass food distribution sites for Ontario County. We are thankful to Zion Fellowship, as they allowed us to use their facility to host this distribution. Over 1,500 families were able to benefit from this distribution. This program ended in July 2021. We give thanks to the many volunteers who came and made this possible.
CCIA is looking to partner with Partnership of Ontario County, United Way and Zion Fellowship to offer a similar food distribution program called “Pop Up Pantry.” This once a month food distribution will help families to access additional food support. Foodlink will provide the food items and our volunteers will sort and distribute the food through a drive thru model at Zion Fellowship. Check our website for more inforamtion and dates of distribution.
The Resource Room is now open 3 days a week. We have expanded some of our services to include rental assistance, gas cards and bus passes. We have helped 16 individuals / families with rental assistance. We understand how important it is to keep families in their apartments. We have been able to hand out over 88 gas cards and over 300 bus passes to families. We also provide weekly job listings and computer support for those looking for employment and housing. We can help make copies and fax documents to help families. We have invited Fidelis Care and NY LAW to join us on site to help families with health insurance and SNAP (food stamps) applications.
We continue to work with other emergency providers in our community to help families in need. Some of those providers include, Catholic Charities of the Finger Lakes, Neighbor 2 Neighbor, St. Vincent DePaul, Care Net, and Salvation Army. We understand that by working together we can help meet the increasing needs of families in our community and throughout Ontario County.
A special thank you to all the volunteers who come and give of their time helping families. Without their dedication we could not provide these services to our community. Thank you, to those who have given through clothing drives, food drives, special events to benefit the food pantry and the Co-Op.
Thank you again for your support of CCIA,
Jeff Lippincott
CCIA Executive Director
FREE SMILE DAY 2022
Supply A Smile, Canandaigua Churches In Action & Lux Dental partnered to bring Free Smile Day to our community on Saturday, September 10, 2022.
Cheers! Go to our volunteers who made our 6th annual Free Smile Day a huge success!
All the volunteers came ready to be expressions of God’s love to those in need.
7 dentists, 7 hygienists, and many dental personnel provided services including cleanings, xrays, exams, fillings and extractions. In addition, 12 dental offices and supply companies provided the necessary supplies. A BIG THANK YOU to LUX Dental for opening their office to us!
The entire day was supported by area businesses donating food for the volunteers…to make this entire day completely free and bless so many people.
62 Patients were served with over $30,190 of free dental services.
A BIG THANKS to ALL who made this day possible! Smiles were everywhere! Being able to smile makes the world a happier place! A Smile is something you can give to others that’s Free!
It’s amazing what a smile can do!
Joan Wood RDH Founder and Director Supply A Smile Dental Program
Sponsors:
Sharon Atkins RDH Dr Josue Padilla
Addy Baker Paradise Dental Technologies
CDGA Churches in Action Patterson Dental Supplies/ Mike Parish
Rev Steve Charles Dr Spencer Phippen
Colgate Michele Rase RDH
Deanne Consul RDH Ray’s Restaurant
Dr Walter Deck Dr Brian Rheude
Dr Greg Gullo Carla Rumble RDH
Dr Geoff Halstead Dr Nicholas Schellatti
Michelle Henderson CDA Dr Brian Shaughnessy
Jill Hoose CDA Starbucks, Cdga
Komet Dental Supplies Supply A Smile
Dr Edson Lee United Methodist Church
Rev Jeff Lippinicott United Church
LUX Dental Wegmans
Mark’s Pizzeria Toni Winters CDA
McDonalds, Parkway Plaza Joan Wood RDH
Dr Sean Meitner Dr Lana Yurovskiy
LaDene Naujokas RDH Dr Albert Zak
New Covenant Baptist Church Kristine Zambrana RDH
Zion Fellowship
Supply A Smile, Canandaigua Churches In Action & Lux Dental partnered to bring Free Smile Day to our community on Saturday, September 10, 2022.
Cheers! Go to our volunteers who made our 6th annual Free Smile Day a huge success!
All the volunteers came ready to be expressions of God’s love to those in need.
7 dentists, 7 hygienists, and many dental personnel provided services including cleanings, xrays, exams, fillings and extractions. In addition, 12 dental offices and supply companies provided the necessary supplies. A BIG THANK YOU to LUX Dental for opening their office to us!
The entire day was supported by area businesses donating food for the volunteers…to make this entire day completely free and bless so many people.
62 Patients were served with over $30,190 of free dental services.
A BIG THANKS to ALL who made this day possible! Smiles were everywhere! Being able to smile makes the world a happier place! A Smile is something you can give to others that’s Free!
It’s amazing what a smile can do!
Joan Wood RDH Founder and Director Supply A Smile Dental Program
Sponsors:
Sharon Atkins RDH Dr Josue Padilla
Addy Baker Paradise Dental Technologies
CDGA Churches in Action Patterson Dental Supplies/ Mike Parish
Rev Steve Charles Dr Spencer Phippen
Colgate Michele Rase RDH
Deanne Consul RDH Ray’s Restaurant
Dr Walter Deck Dr Brian Rheude
Dr Greg Gullo Carla Rumble RDH
Dr Geoff Halstead Dr Nicholas Schellatti
Michelle Henderson CDA Dr Brian Shaughnessy
Jill Hoose CDA Starbucks, Cdga
Komet Dental Supplies Supply A Smile
Dr Edson Lee United Methodist Church
Rev Jeff Lippinicott United Church
LUX Dental Wegmans
Mark’s Pizzeria Toni Winters CDA
McDonalds, Parkway Plaza Joan Wood RDH
Dr Sean Meitner Dr Lana Yurovskiy
LaDene Naujokas RDH Dr Albert Zak
New Covenant Baptist Church Kristine Zambrana RDH
Zion Fellowship
SAS Award / Scroll down for CCIA Newsletters
Supply A Smile was recently awarded the 2019 Choose Health Ontario Award. We congratulate Pastor Joan and the SAS team of volunteers and the many professional that give of their time serving our community with dental care.
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