St. Isidore Food Pantry

The St. Isidore Food Pantry has reopened. It is open every Saturday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. providing food to anyone in need. Mandatory masks and social distancing is required,

During this holy season of Lent as we reflect on fasting prayer and alms-giving in preparation for Easter, please consider contributing to the food pantry to assist those of us who are in need. Thank you.

On Thursday February 6th the Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 2 of Newtown Pa made a $2000 contribution to the St. Isidore Food Pantry. The donation was presented to the St. Isidore pantry in honor of Father Brabazon who served as the spiritual adviser for the Hibernians while he was stationed at St. Andrew’s parish from 2011 to 2014. The attached photo shows the check apparently authorized by St. Patrick himself being presented to Joanne Reiley, pantry coordinator, from Hibernian representatives, (left to right) Mike Shields, John McGovern & Joe McCann. We are very grateful for this generous gift which will benefit those in the Quakertown community suffering from food insecurity.

Thank you to the St. Isidore School families. As part of a community service project during Catholic Schools Week the parents and students of St Isidore school created 179 ‘Birthday Bags’ to be distributed by the St. Isidore Pantry to families in our community who are experiencing economic hardship The bags contained various party items like cake mix, icing, birthday banners, candles and some small toys. They will no doubt make the birthdays of the lucky recipients a great deal happier. Thank you, St. Isidore School for your wonderfully thoughtful charitable contributions.

Special thanks to the Quakertown Lions Club for the food drive they held at Redners Market on Saturday February 1st to benefit the St. Isidore Food Pantry. Their hard work and willingness to brave the cold together with the very generous contributions of Redner’s customers resulted in a bountiful collection of 168 bags of food totaling 890 pounds of food. The compassion of the Lions Club members and the charity of those Quakertown residents shopping at Redners on Saturday wil...l enable us to continue to our mission of providing food to those individuals and families in the Quakertown community who have difficulty putting food on their table. Thank you. We also wish to recognize the hard-working pantry volunteers who picked up the food at Redners, transported it to the pantry and stocked the shelves. Thank you, Donna Brant, Pu yong Szybist Pat Lelo, Judy Klingerman, Meg Knieriem & Christine Schultz.

A special yuletide thanks to Lisa & Joe O'Mara who through the family shareholders of Hatfield Meats donated 70 hams to the St. Isidore Food Pantry. The hams were distributed to needy families in the Quakertown community this Christmas season. The attached photo shows Lisa O'Mara and her daughter, Kayliegh, helping load the donated hams at the Hatfield plant..

The Richland Township Police Department will be collecting food outside the Giant located next to Lowes this Sunday December 8th between 10:00 and 2:00.. All of the food collected will be donated to the St. Isidore Food Pantry. If you are in the area this Sunday please stop by to say thank you and or make a donation.

We are deeply grateful to Greg Ciocca owner of Ciocca Dealerships and the First PA Mustang Club who joined forces on 11/26 to present a check to the St. Isidore Food Pantry in the amount of $3520.00. Both Mr. Ciocca and the Mustang Club are long time patrons of the pantry and have continued to make a difference in the lives of those in our community who have difficulty putting food on their tables. Lisa Arrigo-Young (4th from left) accepted the check on behalf of the St. Isidore Pantry.

During this season of Advent please consider sharing some food items with those in our community who may be in need. Nonperishable donations may be left in the carts at the entrances to the church. We have attached a suggested list of donations in the form of an Advent calendar. We are grateful for any & all contributions from the generous parishioners of St. Isidore. Christmas blessings to all!

The Quakertown Lions Club Halloween Parade has been rescheduled to Sunday October 27 at 2:00 PM. Please come out to support the pantry!

Help the St. Isidore Pantry scare away hunger On Sunday October 20th at 2:00 pm the Lions Club will sponsor the 52nd Quakertown Halloween Parade. St. Isidore pantry volunteers will be collecting non-perishable items along the parade route. Please help us scare away hunger by spreading the word and asking your friends and neighbors to bringing a non-perishable item to this year’s Quakertown Halloween Parade. Thank you!

Ronnie Keeny (3rd from right) accepts a ceremonial check on behalf of the St. Isidore Food Pantry. The check was presented at St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church on September 8th and represents the proceeds from the Joyful Noise 8 fundraiser held at St. Paul’s on June 22nd to benefit four area food pantries. The St. Isidore Pantry received a check for $3802. Our heartfelt thanks to all who made this fundraising effort a success but particularly to the St. Paul congregation who worked so hard to make the music festival a reality..

The attached photo shows Joey Donis delivering multiple bags of food to the St. Isidore Food Pantry. Joey organized a food drive among his friends, family and neighbors as part of a service project as he works toward receiving the sacrament of Confirmation. His mother Christina told us that Joey was very excited to be performing one of the corporal works of mercy, feeding the hungry. Thank you Joey for your hard work, your initiative and for your kind generosity to those who are in need..