Hunger-Free Lancaster County

A big shout out to the Lancaster County Project for the Needy for its 33rd successful holiday meal giveaway! 300 volunteers met in the pre-dawn cold at Clipper Stadium on the Saturday before Christmas and compiled and distributed 1,100 boxes of holiday meal ingredients before 8 am. The LCPN is headed up by HFLC member Tom Fasnacht from Fulton Bank. Seen in the photo are David and Sheri Wolf, who drove in from Ephrata for the second year in a row. With Sheri on disability and David's hours recently reduced at his fabricator job in Morgantown, the Wolf said they are grateful for the help at the holidays.

Another successful holiday meal distribution by the Lancaster County Project for the Needy! Yesterday this amazing group of volunteers packed and gave away 1,100 40-lb boxes with meals for 33,000 Lancastrians. Over the 33 years they’ve been at it, this equals more than a million wholesome meals keeping Lancaster families happy and healthy at the holidays! Many thanks to everyone who came out in the cold yesterday and throughout the year to make this extraordinary event happen! #LanCoProud #NoOneShouldBeHungry #ThisIsUs

Hunger-Free Lancaster County and its 30 partners continue to work together to ensure sustainable access to three healthy meals a day for all Lancastrians. Read all about our year four activities in the annual report to the community.

Sowing seeds for healthy food! Volunteers from WGAL TV helped plant a community garden at the Ephrata Public Library this weekend. All produce raised there will be donated to HFLC partner Ephrata Area Social Services food bank to provide healthy meals for neighbors in need.

4th Annual Community Planting Day May 18th, 2019 8:30 noon... 1753 Mill Road, Elizabethtown, PA Planting, Growing, Sharing To end hunger in Lancaster County Sign up to Volunteer at www.wittelfarm.org

Well done, HFLC partner Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health! It was just awarded the prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service for its leadership role in improving care in Lancaster and its surrounding communities. The prize carries a $100,000 grant to be used for community health programs. Congratulations to Alice Yoder and her amazing team at LGH!

Since Hunger-Free Lancaster County's introduction in 2015, the meal gap in Lancaster has dropped over 50%; a substantial amount which we plan on making even more significant in the years to come. Read more here: http://ht.ly/chj130m2fkZ

Read Hunger Free Lancaster County's 2018 Report to the Community

One week from tonight it WON'T be raining and we WILL be HITTING A HOME RUN AGAINST HUNGER at the Third Annual Capitol All-Star game at FNB Field on City Island...! Game time is 5:30 p.m. Join us at the ball park or watch the game live on PCN! No ticket required but cash donation to Hunger-Free Pennsylvania and Feeding Pennsylvania appreciated! See more

What are YOU doing to train, Mike Sturla?

Fresh Express Columbia is looking for volunteers at its monthly, healthy food pantry (held the fourth Friday of each month from 3:30-5:30 PM at Park Elementary School (50 S. 6th Street). The next one is on Friday, August 24. There are lots of ways to help: Unpack food and help organize and display items Help staff with client registration ... Host the waiting area Help staff with cooking demonstrations Explain the process to new clients and answer questions Keep shopping carts, shopping bags/boxes organized Clean up empty boxes and pack up supplies Columbia is super excited to have a Fresh Express! Sign up below and help us provide Columbia families with healthy meals!

Everyone is getting excited about the upcoming Capitol All-Stars game! Watch what State Rep. Patty Kim (D-Harrisburg) is doing to train for the big event! Come out to see your lawmakers battle it out for bragging rights on Monday, September 24 at 5:30 on City Island in Harrisburg! All proceeds go to food banks and soup kitchens across the Commonwealth!

Three HFLC partners -- CAP, Central PA Food Bank and Lancaster General Health -- have expanded resources for low-income individuals in Columbia Borough through the opening of a Fresh Express food pantry. Fresh produce and other perishables, including milk and eggs, will be distributed between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. every fourth Friday year-round at Park Elementary School (except for November, when it will be held on the fifth Friday). Nutrition educators and recipe ideas wil...l be available at each distribution, so customers can learn about the health benefits of fresh foods and how to prepare them at home. Many thanks, too, to the Columbia Borough School District for its help in making this happen!