Community Cupboard of Elizabethtown

Covid-19 Update: With the very large spike in local, state and national Covid-19 cases, we have decided to return to a "curbside pickup" for the month of December. We will reevaluate monthly and adjust accordingly. The safety and health of our clients and volunteers remain our top priority. We ask our clients to continue to wear a mask, even for curbside pickup.... We will continue to be a "client choice pantry" by asking our clients their likes/dislikes/household food allergies and packing their food order accordingly. Our clients will still receive the same amount of food that they would if they were shopping. Clients must still call to make their monthly appointment, where they will be given a 15 minute window to pick up their order. In addition, the Cupboard volunteers will continue to wear masks, quarantine donations, and clean/sanitize based on the same protocols that we have been using since the pandemic began in March. Only Cupboard volunteers will be allowed inside the Cupboard while we are doing the "curbside pickup only" process. If you are interested in donating to the Cupboard during the month of December, please drop off your donations in our 24/7 donation shed located outside of our building (immediately to your left if you pull into the parking lot from Washington Street). If it is a large donation, if it includes perishables or glass containers, or if you need a receipt, please drop off your donations on Wednesdays or Saturdays between 9:00am-12:30pm, at our main Cupboard entrance by ringing the door bell (street side, the door will have a yellow sign out in front of it). Thank you to our clients, volunteers and donors for your patience and understanding. We will continue to monitor Covid-19 as we have been since March and we will adjust future plans accordingly. Be safe E-town! #etowncares #maskup

The second round of stimulus checks are starting to hit bank accounts around the country. We wanted to send out another reminder that the stimulus checks DO NOT count towards your monthly/weekly financial thresholds to qualify for help at the Community Cupboard. If you are a Community Cupboard client, please put your stimulus money towards other financial needs and continue to schedule your monthly appointment at the Cupboard. We are here to help :) If you are not a curr...ent client, and live in Elizabethtown, Rheems or Bainbridge, and you are in need of food, please call 717 361 8149 (option 1) to see if you qualify. #etowncares

WOW, Elizabethtown is in the HOLIDAY SPIRIT! We have been receiving wonderful donations from residents, businesses, churches and organizations over the past several weeks and we are overwhelmed by this town's generosity. Here are a few special moments from this past week: Thank you Girl Scout Troop 70714 for holding a food drive for our clients this past month! You definitely earned that Good Neighbor Badge! Congratulations and thank you for helping your neighbors in need... :) Thank you to the Creson Family for your large donation! It is much appreciated! Thank you to Elizabethtown Fitness Club for holding a food drive and for your wonderful customers who brought in so many donations! Thank you to Stevens Hill Community Church of the Brethren for your large donation! #etowncares

On Saturday, we held our 4th annual holiday meal giveaway! Due to the pandemic this year, we decided to do a drive-thru pickup event to keep clients and volunteers safe. We missed visiting with our clients during the event (and the carolers and hot cocoa), but we still had the Christmas spirit :) We want to thank multiple people for making our holiday meal event a success this year. Thank you to Lancaster County Project for the Needy (LCPN) for once again providing the tur...keys. Thank you Elizabethtown Area HUB leadership team for helping to organize, make reminder phone calls and hand out the meals on Saturday, your help was greatly appreciated! We wanted to send a big thank you to Elizabethtown Mennonite Church for hosting the event and for providing mulitiple items for the "fixin's bag". Your hospitality and donations were very much appreciated! Thank you to St. Paul's United Methodist Church for your donation of gravy! Last, but definitely not least, we want to thank GIANT Food Stores for donating the tote bags used for the fixin's as well as your donation of stuffing, applesauce, instant potatoes, and icing for our cake donations. They also gave us a tremendous amount of donations from a food drive they held in November (pictured below). THANK YOU GIANT! #etowncares

Thank you Hollinger Services, Inc. for your large donation last week, and for choosing Community Cupboard as your service project this month. This will help many of our neighbors in need! #etowncares

Every year, St. Paul's United Methodist Church makes toiletry gift bags for our households. This year was no different! Our clients are very thankful for this additional gift, thank you St. Paul's for helping your neighbors in need! #etowncares

Clients of the Community Cupboard: With the announcement that Lancaster County is moving to ‘Green’ today, we plan to return to our shopping process beginning July 1, but with several mandatory safety protections in place. What does this mean? Please read on. COVID-19 has not gone away, but our state and local officials believe that we have been doing a good job of stopping the spread. These are the rules we will continue to use beginning July 1:...Continue reading

Hello Elizabethtown, we hope you are all staying safe and healthy! Below is a list of items we are most in need of at the moment If you are concerned for your safety and social distancing, we have a 24 hour donation drop off shed located outside of our building. If it is a large donation, please drop off anytime between 9:30-1:00 on Wednesdays or Saturdays. Please go to the main door (street side, near the yellow sandwich board) and ring the doorbell. We will meet you outside... with a (freshly sanitized) cart. Currently, our most needed items: canned pineapple canned pears applesauce (23.5 oz. jars) canned carrots canned and boxed potatoes canned spinach canned green beans canned sauerkraut pasta sauce Progresso and Campbell's Chunky Soups spaghettio's/chef boyardee type products spam ketchup mayo pancake syrup BBQ sauce pickles and/or relish crackers oatmeal stuffing gravy white rice cooking oil and spray snacks--cookies in particular tea instant coffee shampoo/conditioner feminine products toothpaste shaving cream dish soap laundry detergent Thank you for your continued support E-town! #etowncares

In the month of October, we received 3 large financial donations and we wanted to take a moment to thank the churches and organization that donated to the Cupboard! Thank you so much to Rissers Mennonite Church and Chiques Church of The Brethren for your financial donation! This money will help us feed our neighbors in need through the holiday months. We are very thankful to your congregation for raising this money! Thank you to Matthew 25 Thrift Shop in Lititz for your fina...ncial donation! Matthew 25 Thrift Shop has donated checks multiple times over the years and we are so appreciative to their Board of Directors for choosing us as a recipient of your donations once again! #etowncares

We wanted to take a moment to send out a special thank you to Etown Girls Volleyball! The team held a t-shirt fundraiser and a food drive for the Community Cupboard and our clients. They raised.......$1,012 and a very large cart of food items! WOW! It is amazing to see the giving spirit of Elizabethtown Area School District's students, teachers, athletes and staff. The Girl's Volleyball team raised funds and food for us last year too, but definitely exceeded their 2019 n...umbers. THANK YOU GIRLS AND COACHES for thinking of our clients!!! This will help so many of our neighbors in need. #etowncares : by Paul Jacobs, provided by team

Wow! Thanks Gibson Dental Care and Dr. Mask! What a fun idea to help your neighbors in need!

Mark your calendars! The Boys Scouts are holding their annual Scouting for Food Drive this November. Our local troops will be handing out bags/flyers on Saturday 11/7 in the greater Elizabethtown area. They will return on Saturday 11/14 to pick up your donations! Thank you to our local troops for participating in this wonderful event every year, it helps us feed our neighbors in need during the winter months! #etowncares