12/23/25: Catholic Charities' offices and the Samaritan Center will be closed today. Staff will work remotely.
The Elmira Community Kitchen and High Street Food Pantry will be closed today.
Schuyler Outreach Food Pantry is closed until 1/6/26.

Our vision is a just and poverty-free community

As an agency of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester, with a deeply held belief in the dignity of all people, we work to reduce poverty, promote wellness and self-sufficiency, and advocate for social justice.

We serve Chemung and Schuyler Counties with offices located in Elmira and Watkins Glen.

The Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met. Therefore, every person has a fundamental right to life and a right to those things required for human decency.

Corresponding to these rights are duties and responsibilities – to one another, to our families, and to the larger society.
Source: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops