In recognition of Hunger Action Month, Sen. Elder Vogel, Jr. (R-47) stood with local and state leaders to shed light on the impacts of food insecurity in Pennsylvania and how the state is involved in addressing and spreading awareness about hunger.
PSECU, Pennsylvania’s digital-first credit union, raised a total of $104,210 at its eighth annual Chips In Golf Outing on September 12, 2024, at Dauphin Highlands in Harrisburg, PA.
TopStar Express, a locally-owned and operated convenience store chain in Eastern PA, has announced Feeding Pennsylvania as the beneficiary of the company’s 2024 “Cup of Hope” charitable giving campaign. Through the “Cup of Hope” campaign, a portion of each coffee sale is donated to a charitable cause that gives back to communities within TopStar Express’s eastern Pennsylvania service area.
Yesterday, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture, Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania, and Feeding Pennsylvania hosted the first “Connecting Farmers & Food Banks” panel discussion about how state and federal agricultural programs contribute to a food system that supports Pennsylvania’s farmers, growers, and producers and Pennsylvanians experiencing food insecurity.
August 8, 2024 – Today Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh, Department of Education Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Policy Advisor, Alberto Gonzalez, Jr. and partners from the City of Harrisburg, Feeding Pennsylvania, and Central Pennsylvania Food Bank visited a Harrisburg Summer Food Service location to highlight…
The Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial (America250PA) kicks off its fourth annual Pennsylvania Day initiative on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20 in support of Feeding Pennsylvania and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. This is the fourth year that America250PA is working with Feeding Pennsylvania to recruit volunteers to assist with activities at food banks and pantries, such as preparing meals for families, packing food boxes to distribute to seniors and Veterans, and much more.
Feeding Pennsylvania is disappointed by the General Assembly’s decision to flat-fund core nutrition programs in the FY25 Commonwealth budget. Despite a $14 billion budget surplus and on the heels of new data from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap report showing a twenty-five percent increase in food insecurity across Pennsylvania, neighbors experiencing hunger have been left behind.
Weis Markets, PA Dairymen’s Association, Feeding Pennsylvania and American Dairy Association Northeast celebrated World Milk Day and National Dairy Month with the kickoff of the Fill a Glass with Hope® campaign at the company’s Enola, Pennsylvania store.
Recent developments on the Farm Bill are a critical first step in addressing the nation’s food insecurity. However, while the legislative bill text released by House Agriculture Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson suggests some improvements, proposals to critical federal nutrition programs fall short of the needs and realities of American families facing hunger, including the 1.5 million Pennsylvanians who experience food insecurity.
The extra amount of money that people facing hunger said they need to have enough food reached its highest point in the last 20 years, according to Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap study. At the local level, Map the Meal Gap finds that over 1.5 million Pennsylvanians, including more than 436,000 children, are facing hunger. Feeding Pennsylvania’s network of nine food banks that serve all sixty-seven counties in the commonwealth are included in the more than 200 food banks that are part of Feeding America’s nationwide food bank network.