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Fun Food for the 4th!!
Help the Food Bank provide July 4th Picnic Baskets for its families! You can donate items, grocery gift cards, or cash. At this time, we especially need chips, hot dog and hamburger buns, and watermelons. Click here for further details. To donate on line - click here.
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Rock ‘n Roll Generosity
Our thanks goes to everyone who made donations of food, cash, or grocery gift cards at the Bruce Springsteen concert on May 8 th. We received over $4000 in cash and gift cards and over 200 pounds of food. These donations will be shared with the other Centre County food pantries. Click here to view press release.
Check out our Calendar of Events page for the latest Food Bank happenings!
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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!!
Peanut and Pistachio Product Alert: Peanut butter and peanut products are an excellent source of protein and are routinely provided to our clients. Please be assured that we have checked all our items that contain peanut products and have discarded any that were affected by the recall. So far jars of peanut butter are not affected by the recall. Only items made from peanut paste - such as snack crackers, cereals, cake mixes, etc. More information on the recall can be found on the FDA's website. 4/10/09 Pistachio products have also been recalled. Consumers are warned not to eat pistachio nuts or pistachio products due to risk of salmonella contamination. More information on the recall can be found on the FDA's website. |
M&T Bank Charitable Foundation makes a deposit
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Lisa Bierlein, Manager, M&T Bank presents the Food Bank with a donation from the M&T Charitable Foundation.
Pictured (left to right): Ernest Boyd, (Food Bank Manager of Operations), Linda Tataliba (Food Bank Director) , John Gresiak (Volunteer), Lisa Bierlein (M&T), Emily Filling (Volunteer). |
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!
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Food
Bank of the State College Area, Inc.
276 West Hamilton Avenue
State College, PA 16801
(814) 234-2310
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June 11, 2009
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