- Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 August 2017 01:43
Several school districts in Washington County assert that 50% or more of school-age children are eligible to receive free or reduced school lunches.
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| Donora Youth and Teen, Summer 2017 |
Greater Washington County Food Bank has partnered with more than a dozen religious and school-based nonprofit sponsors that offer after-school nourishment in an attempt to abolish childhood hunger. While some organizations have focused their efforts on summer feeding programs, Greater Washington County Food Bank undergirds their efforts by working year round to supply nutrition to families throughout the county with a specific emphasis on the needs of our youth.
Donations received from Dominion, Snee-Reinhardt, Salvitti Family, and Centimark Foundations (just to name a few) have underwritten the cost of Love First’s backpack program, Donora Youth Center Summer Camp, Charleroi Harvest Bounty, and California Good Eats programs. Companies like Ansys, Crown Castle, Primetals, Ameriprise, and Janney Montgomery Scott have also responded to our plea helping keep our trucks on the road, so no one goes to bed hungry.
In the last fiscal year, Greater Washington County Food Bank distributed almost 3 million pounds of food to the needy in Washington County through a network of 48 distribution sites. We partner with United Way, Domestic Violence, City Mission, and the Salvation Army to provide wrap-around services to clients.
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| Love First Backpacks |
It takes so much more than food to operate a Food Bank. It takes volunteers, lots of volunteers like pantry coordinators who spend years serving clients out of fire halls, church basements, and county fairgrounds. It takes hard work and a dedicated staff compelled by intrinsic motivation and a clear image of what it means to serve one’s fellow man. It takes donations to keep our diesel tanks full and our drivers behind the wheel. Please contact Lee Ann King, Bookkeeper to make a donation via credit card, or mail your tax deductible donation to GWCFB, 909 National Pike West, Brownsville, PA 15417.
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