How to Help

Here are some of the ways you can help Webster Hope continue to serve our community:

Drop off donations of shelf-stable foods, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies and gently used clothing any time Hope is open (5-7 p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m. - noon Tuesdays, 3-5 p.m. Wednesdays, 5-7 p.m. Thursdays). Please do not leave items outside the building when it is not open. See this detailed donation guide for more information. See the list of the current month’s critical needs on this page
Contribute to our Thanksgiving and Easter projects supplying meals to needy Webster residents, conducted in collaboration with Webster Community Chest. Information about items needed and drop off times will be posted here on the website.
Adopt a family as part of our Christmas project. Email us at websternyhope@gmail.com or call 265-6694 during October to make the arrangements.
Donate items to our garage sale, starting in January. See the Garage Sale page for details.

Some of our most-needed items at present are:

Level of local neediness

Did you know ...

5 percent of Webster's 45,000 residents lived below the poverty line at the time of the 2020 Census. That’s more than 2,200 people from about 1,000 households across the town.
4.4 percent of families in Webster Central School district with children ages 5-17 – more than 1,140 families – lived in poverty in the 2023-24 school year, according to federal Department of Education statistics.
5 percent of households in the school district – 1,300 of them – were eligible for food-stamps in the 2023-24 school year.
The 2024 Federal Poverty Guidelines for the 48 contiguous states and Washington D.C. are:
- $20,440 for a household with two people,
- $25,820 for three people,
- $31,200 for four people, and
- $36,580 for five people.
  Living below the poverty line means having an income at or lower than those values.