MANNA of the southern tier

06/18/2026

Cases of our freshly made Baked Chicken, Pasta & Green Bean MANNA Meals are ready to go out the doors of the CHOW warehouse today!

These fully cooked, heat & eat prepared meals are getting picked up by local food pantries and meal sites this morning, and will be distributed for FREE to our neighbors in need all over Broome County as early as this afternoon!

MANNA's mission is to provide chef inspired, nutritionally balanced entrees to members of our community who do not have access to a kitchen, or who are unable to cook for themselves. A growing segment of our population who often struggle to receive adequate nourishment.

We are proud to work alongside our partners in the community toward our shared goal of making sure everyone in Broome County has access to fresh, healthy and nutritious food for their families!

06/17/2026

MANNA Director & Executive Chef Scott Bombard joined the team representing The Broome County Council of Churches at the The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York 2026 NYS Food Summit in Albany yesterday.

This event gave food assistance providers, academics, advocates, and stakeholders across New York an opportunity to educate and share best practices, research, and innovations in hunger relief and nutrition security efforts.

MANNA is proud to join CHOW and the Greater Good Grocery in the Council of Churches' multifaceted approach to fighting hunger, with programs geared to find innovative ways to meet our community's needs on the ground!

The Broome County Council of Churches was well represented at The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York 2026 NYS Food Summit in Albany yesterday!

BCCC Executive Director Rev. Dr. Joseph Sellepack, CHOW Director Les Aylesworth, MANNA of the southern tier Director & Executive Chef Scott Bombard and BCCC Community Health Worker Kyle Lake enjoyed this opportunity to join food assistance providers, academics, advocates, and stakeholders across New York at this all-day, symposium-style event aimed to educate and share best practices, research, and innovations in hunger relief and nutrition security efforts.

CHOW Director Les Aylesworth was honored to deliver his "More Than Hammers" presentation focusing on the need for innovative solutions to fight food insecurity. Hunger is not a one size fits all problem, and CHOW is working to add more tools to our toolbox to address the real life issues people are facing in our community, in addition to the traditional food bank/food pantry model.

Thank you to The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York for organizing this productive event, and for giving CHOW the opportunity to discuss innovative ways we can ensure our community has access to the healthy, nutritious foods we all need to thrive!

*CHOW is a proud member of The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York, acting in partnership with frontline emergency food providers across New York State to seek long term solutions for food insecurity.

06/16/2026

"At MANNA our mission is to transform food into hope by delivering nutritious, chef inspired meals with dignity, compassion and innovation to neighbors in need throughout the Southern Tier." - MANNA Director & Executive Chef Scott Bombard

MANNA is thrilled to partner with the Junior League of Binghamton and CHOW on this Mobile Kitchen initiative that will be "a mobile extension of our mission". Allowing MANNA to bring our prepared meals directly to the growing segment of our population who not only struggle to afford groceries, but also don't have transportation to reach a local food pantry, or access to kitchen facilities where they can prepare food themselves.

Working together we can make sure everyone in the Southern Tier has access to fresh, healthy foods for their family!

https://www.pressconnects.com/videos/news/2026/06/16/mobile-kitchen-will-expand-manna-program-through-chow/90514112007/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a312cc69cfdfd00018f7c59&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcHk3Wm9QcGRyVHhSdHloQ3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6nhZ8SUww4Uo5iSRBcQNUl9SjC0j2wlyugCuN6qGSnHtRDNj4pCRriw_3xmQ_aem_6vlSwdBpiReizsvRM9MbHw

The Junior League of Binghamton and CHOW have partnered to create a mobile kitchen for residents in the Southern Tier. Here's how to get involved.

06/11/2026

to this episode of Encounter from last July where The Broome County Council of Churches Executive Director Rev. Dr. Joe Sellepack spoke to MANNA Director & Executive Chef Scott Bombard, and CHOW Director Les Aylesworth, about the launch of the Council's new "Prepared Meal Program".

Since then MANNA has acquired its official name and provided over 48,000 fully prepared, ready-to-eat meals for our community! We are so proud of all the work we've done over the last year to Make Abundant Nourishment Neighborhood Accessible in the Southern Tier.

A huge thank you to all our local partners for your support launching MANNA in its first year of operation, we look forward to working together to continue and grow our efforts to make sure everyone in our community has access to fresh, healthy and nutritious foods!

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July 20, 2025Host: Rev. Dr. Joe Sellepack, Executive Director, BC...

06/11/2026

Huge thank you to the Junior League of Binghamton for spearheading this incredible food truck project that will allow the MANNA team to bring our nutritionally balanced Prepared Meals directly to people in need all over Broome County!

There is a growing segment of our community who not only struggle to afford groceries, but also don't have transportation to reach a local food pantry or access to kitchen facilities where they can prepare food themselves. Thank you Junior League of Binghamton for recognizing this facet of the food insecurity crisis in our community, and acting to solve it. MANNA is grateful for this opportunity to help create a more resilient food system in the Southern Tier!

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Today, the Junior League of Binghamton came together with CHOW to announce the launch of the Mobile Community Kitchen & Eatery. The Junior League’s ne…

06/10/2026

Busy morning in the MANNA kitchen (as usual), we've got 400 Baked Chicken, Rice and Veggie meals getting packed up for our pantry partners today!

These fully cooked, heat & eat Prepared Meals will be ready for pick-up by local emergency food providers at CHOW's Broome Bounty tomorrow morning. And they'll be in the hands of many of our neighbors in need by the afternoon!

MANNA's mission is to provide FREE, freshly made, heat & eat meals to members of our community who do not have access to a kitchen, or who are unable to cook for themselves. A segment of the population who often struggles to receive adequate nourishment.

We are incredibly grateful to all the pantries and meal sites in the community who work so hard every week making sure local families have access to the food they need to stay healthy and well. MANNA is proud we are able to contribute to this effort by providing our nutritionally balanced, chef inspired entrees to pantry visitors who not only struggle to afford groceries, but are also in a position where it is extremely difficult or impossible to cook regular meals.

Working together we can make sure everyone in the Southern Tier has access to fresh, healthy and nutritious food for their families!

06/08/2026

So excited for what this move by The Broome County Council of Churches and CHOW will mean for MANNA!

The new location will house a substantially larger kitchen for our work, allowing us to bring in more volunteers to scale up our operations and expand our efforts to provide fresh, healthy, heat & eat meals to members of our community who are unable to cook for themselves.

Keep an eye out here for updates about the kitchen build, and more info about how this move will help CHOW and MANNA better fight hunger in our community!

https://www.wbng.com/2026/06/04/community-hunger-outreach-warehouse-relocate-conklin/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExdWdrNTJydUpOYzBzc1NsSnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7nuNthfF4FC_xHB_2o8NdyVWlQZEJKJ3LDTUDmYh5sPWUmf27QnSHehZPk0g_aem_7EgYpwbwpm3YROWrPYQvYA

Executive Director Les Aylesworth said the new location will double or triple the storage space

06/06/2026

Don't miss the grab-n-go pantry tonight on Grand Blvd. in Binghamton!

📍 113 Grand Boulevard, Binghamton
🕔 Every Saturday at 5:00 PM

They have fresh eggs, meats, non-perishable items, plus MANNA heat & eat Prepared Meals! *while supplies last

ALL ARE WELCOME! Don't miss out if you're in need!

Thank you to the wonderful team from Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church & Boulevard United Methodist Church Binghamton for getting our MANNA Meals into the hands of our neighbors who need them!

06/04/2026

The MANNA kitchen is firing on all cylinders this week! Here's just one day's effort that equals 387 baked chicken Prepared Meals stacked high for local pantries!

❤️ All made with "care and intent" by the dedicated MANNA kitchen team.