Food Distributions

How We Hundreds of families Serve receive their Thanksgiving meal Food Distributions through the Pantry. Dinner baskets with all Monday thru Friday trimmings are 6:00pm to 7:00pm distributed based on 1st & 3rd Thurs 9:00am the size of the family. to 12:00 noon Baskets are delivered Who We Are 4th Monday 3:45pm to to clients with special 4:45pm needs. Harvest Food Pantry Inc, 4th Friday 3:45pm to also known as, Catholic 4:45pm Harvest Food Pantry is a Additional Times as not-for-profit 501(c)(3) Needed organization governed by a volunteer Board of Other Services Directors and supported by four Catholic churches in In addition to Food, we the York area as well as offer: many other individuals, •Personal care items local organizations and such as businesses who care about toothpaste, soap, their community. and diapers •Take-one-leave-one In order to support the lending library need, we operate one of •Birthday kits for the largest food pantries in children York County. We serve •Nutrition classes over 750 families each •SNAP Referrals month and growing. In •Emergency food for 2016-17, we served: those in 3,525 desperate need 17,427 10,809

Who is Eligible

A family in need should call the Food Pantry # Children # Seniors # Clearing House at 717- Adults 846-8899 to schedule their monthly distribution at the Pantry. Families can receive an allotment of food once each month.

Thanksgiving Turkey Baskets 717-846-8571 Catholic Harvest Food Pantry’s mission is to provide food and [email protected] essential non-food items to anyone who is in a difficult situation www.catholicharvest.org due to illness, accident, financial stress, or any 2017 Fighting Hunger other problem that Partner of the Year as causes them to be designated by the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. in need. No one should go hungry regardless of race, color, national origin, https://www.facebook.com/Catholic- Harvest-Food-Pantry- Catholic religion, sex, age, or 103258576375123/ disability. All Harvest individuals and families Financial information and Tax Food in need are welcome. EIN are available on request. Pantry 628 E Market Serving Street York, PA 17403 Those In Need How To Help fill a grocery bag when With our experience and Food Donations your church holds its access to local food donation drive. No banks, we have been An easy way to help is donation is too small. able to purchase food at to give unexpired, non- a tremendous savings. perishable food directly Each $1 that you donate to the Pantry. The can provide up to six (6) following items are the lbs of food for our clients staples that we provide: in need.

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