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"Thank You" to the Tioga County Senior Citizens Foundation for a $3,000 grant to provide local food assistance from our two newest food pantries in Lockwood and Waverly, NY!

Above: Dave Woodburn, of the Tioga County Senior Citizens Foundation, presents a $3,000 check to Donna Jantz, Assistant Director of the Owego Open Door Mission, to be used towards food purchase for two local food pantries serving our local senior...

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A Positive Start for the School Year

(Top: Sarah Spoonhower with her daughter, Payten Sharp, showing off her new backpack. Bottom: Volunteers from Girl Scout Troop 40234 (Karissa Adams-Swansbrough, Katelyn Strickland, Gabrielle Woodruff) pose in front of the “School Bus Toss”...

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Thank you for the Life Lessons!

Unorganized, loud, messy and full of laughs, these are just some of the many ways I could describe my Mission family, and the overwhelming spirit of the Tioga County Open Door Mission. Since I was nine years old and my mom brought me to volunteer,...

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Strawberry Fest 2015!

The Tioga County Open Door Mission had a wonderful time attending this year's Strawberry Festival in Owego, NY! In preparation for the event we baked over 400 strawberry cookies to help raise money for our new senior food pantry opening this...

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Thank you Lockheed Martin Owego Employees!

The Tioga County Open Door Mission would like to extend a huge thank you to the employees of Lockheed Martin Owego! On Friday June 5th a team of Lockheed Martin employees arrived bring 1913 pounds of food they had collected in just four days for...

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Feeling HOT HOT HOT!

On Saturday May 31, 2015 the Tioga County Open Door Mission held its first annual Ghost Pepper Pizza Challenge. This creative eating contest was created to help raise money for our new senior citizen food pantry, and we are thrilled to report that we...

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Thank You Owego Post Office!

The Tioga County Open Door Mission would like to extend a huge thank you to the Owego Post Office for their overwhelming donation of food collected during their food drive for our food pantries. With the Tioga County Open Door Mission opening our...

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Are you giving all that you can?

The Lesson of the Widow’s Might, inspired by a very interesting piece of jewelry that was donated to the Owego Open Door Mission recently (pictured below, right), inspires us to think about what we are willing to sacrifice for those in...

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Simple But Powerful Ways To Help Your Community

Stop by and shop in our thrift stores! It is because of our wonderful customers that we are able to turn donations into funds that we use to support our food pantries, homeless shelter and outreach programs. At the Tioga County Open Door...

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Fighting Hunger One Meal At A Time

Hunger Fact: 1 in 4 households with children in New York State report inability to afford enough food Hunger is a serious problem that effects people near and far, and the Tioga County Open Door Mission  feels passionately about addressing the...

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