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 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 project supplying meals to needy Webster residents, conducted in collaboration with Webster Community Chest. A particular need is for ground coffee, which Hope is collecting during regular hours.

  • Adopt a family as part of our Christmas project. Email us at websternyhope@gmail.com or call 265-6694 to make the arrangements.

  • Donate items to our garage sale, starting in January. Watch this space for details about how and when to donate.

Many of our recipients are not receiving SNAP/Food stamps this month. Please consider hosting a food collection for Webster Hope with your church, club, business or organization.

We still have families that need to be adopted for Christmas. Contact us at websternyhope@gmail.com for more information.

Webster Hope Critical Needs
November & December 2025

We are currently experiencing an increase in the number of households needing food and toiletries. Some of our most-needed items are:

  • Coffee and tea

  • Crackers

  • Flour and sugar

  • Cooking oil

  • Cake and brownie mixes

  • Any canned vegetables or fruit but especially beets, pineapple and peaches

  • Applesauce in jars

  • Mandarin oranges

  • Condiments- ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard

  • Any toiletries, but especially shampoo and conditioner, body wash

  • Toothpaste

  • Cleaning products

  • LAUNDRY SOAP

Poverty in Webster

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.