Friday, July 31, 2026
Cattaraugus & Allegany County, New York
Cuba/Community Orgs
The Allegany County Area Foundation awarded a round of emergency grants through its Carter-Windus Family Fund to six food pantries facing rising demand, including $750 for the Cuba Council of Churches Food Pantry and $1,250 for the ACCORD Corporation food pantry in Belmont. ACCORD, formally the Allegany County Community Opportunities and Rural Development Corporation, is the county's federally designated community action agency, providing food, housing, child care and other anti-poverty services; its Director of Community Operations, Belinda Knight, said the funding would help the pantry serve more than 250 families a month. Grant committee chair Leslie Haggstrom cited cuts to benefits and kids being home for the summer as drivers of increased food insecurity. The Carter-Windus fund itself was established by Friendship native V. Perry Carter and his sister in honor of their Allegany County upbringing.