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Haiti Assistance

Donations for Haiti are being collected by:

• the American Red Cross. The local office is located at 135 S. Pugh Street, State College, PA 814-237-3162

• the Penn State Chapter of Oxfam America. Contact the chapter president: Aakriti at 814-360-7489 or email ajc5279@psu.edu.

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Young people helping an old cause - See what two State College girls are doing to help others. We thank Katie and Emelia and other young people who have thought about the needs of others and have worked to alleviate hunger in the Centre County region.

Donating with Strings Attached What do violins and food have in common? A lot if you're Katie Loomis-Adams. This 6 year old can be found playing her violin for donations to the State College Food Bank - and that's music to our clients' ears. If you see Katie, please "pitch" in.

Lemonade Aid When the economy gives you lemons, what do you do? You make lemonade, sell it at a lemonade stand, and donate the money to the food bank. That is what Emelia Brannon decided to do. Emelia’s efforts brought in $141.00 and donated food items as well. Emelia stated that she did not want people to go hungry.

Check out our Calendar of Events page for the latest Food Bank happenings!

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Day of Caring This year's Day of Caring was a "moving" experience. Volunteers helped to move the Food Bank's freezers, including all their contents. In addition, the rugs got a good cleaning and bags of food were pre-packaged for client distribution. Thanks to all who helped.

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GREAT NEWS!! We are now able to accept financial donations on-line through Click and Pledge. Just click on the image below, and enter your credit card information - it's that easy!!

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.

However, our need is ongoing and escalating due to high energy prices, housing costs, and health care expenses. Please check our Needs List for the most current list of items and keep those donations coming!!

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 Linda Tataliba at 814-234-2310.

Did You Know?

• Our volunteers logged a total of 5,687 hours in 2008!!!
• In 2008, we distributed over to 12,000 bags of groceries to over 2,100 people in over 770 households. 37% were children under the age of 18 years and 7% were age 60 or more. See our 2008 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 departing Penn State students through the Trash to Treasure program and 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!