We are a
member agency
of the
Centre County United Way
Welcome to our home on the Web!
Click here for service changes effective April 1
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Mark your calendar!! Centre Gives 36-hour Giving Challenge May 22nd 6 am - May 23rd 6 pm Last year's challenge resulted in almost $5,000 for the State College Food Bank! |
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Thanks to all of you who donated and the State College Postal Carriers - we received over 17,000 pounds of food items!!!
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Donations are more necessary than ever in our current economic environment. Please check our Needs List, or Donation page, or just click the button below and you can donate with your credit card! Donations can be dropped off between 9 am - noon, Monday, Wed and Friday.
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Recall Notices - click here for details on the newest food item recalls.
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Thanks to everyone's generous support, both financially and with food items, we are meeting the increased demands coming from the current economic conditions. On behalf of our clients, we cannot thank you enough!! Our thanks to everyone for your support. Your ongoing support and donations are the mainstay of our program.
Please check our Needs List for the most current list of items and keep those donations coming!!
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Special Announcements:
We'd love to hear your suggestions for food drives and donation events. In addition, we are available to come speak at your place of business or organization to provide additional information to the community about our services and operations. Please call Carol Pioli at 814-234-2310.
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Check out our Calendar of Events page for the latest Food Bank happenings!
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Did You Know?
- Volunteers logged over 8,000 hours in 2012!!!
- In 2012, we distributed over 14,400 bags of groceries to 2,126 people in over 820 households. 37% were children under the age of 18 years and 10% were age 60 or more. See our 2012 Fact Sheet for more details.
- It is estimated that 60% to 80% of low income households have no books for their children to read. We keep a basket of gently used and new children's books for our clients.
- We receive substantial food donations from various community drives such as the Trash to Treasure program, Letter Carrier, and Boy Scout Souting for Food, in addition to individual donations. We are grateful for all of the many ways Penn State students and other local groups contribute to our Food Bank.
Thank You!
- Thank you for your continued support!
Copyright © 2003
Food
Bank of the State College Area, Inc.
276 West Hamilton Avenue
State College, PA 16801
(814) 234-2310
This
page was last modified on
May 17, 2013
Questions or Comments regarding this site can be sent to operations@scfoodbank.org