That’s a wrap! We’re so thankful for everyone who spent time with us during our 2024 Volunteer Appreciation Week! It was a pleasure to welcome our Very Important Volunteers, or VIVs, who have dedicated 50+ hours in 2023 alone during a special repack shift this week at our Galloway warehouse.
This Giving Tuesday we once again joined 6ABC for the Annual Holiday Food Drive! The Holiday Food Drive raises funds to help Philabundance in our mission to relieve hunger today and end hunger for good. From 4 pm-6:30 pm, 6ABC broadcasted a series of news segments while volunteers waited
We are Thankful for YOU Together, with your help, we were able to fill both plates AND hearts this Thanksgiving despite the increased costs of food. Through both physical and monetary donations, we’re ensuring our neighbors in need can celebrate and enjoy the bounty of the holiday with family
by Alfred Lubrano, Staff Writer @AlfredLubrano | alubrano@phillynews.com Read the original story here. Sister Margaret McKenna’s brown crucifix dangles and dances from her neck as she tills the vegetable garden she’s carved out of the poorest neighborhood in the poorest big city in America. As she works, fat bees float low over the fertile
by Emily Neil, Staff Writer @E_B_Neil | Contact Emily Read the original story here. The partnership between Philabundance and the Lillian Marrero Library offers free fruits and vegetables to community residents — including the hundreds of Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria now living in the area. It was a rainy, overcast day, but
Till then, she had done everything right: waited until she was married to have her son, Robert; attended trade school and community college; worked a solid job as a surgical tech. But a childhood of abuse, of her now-dead mother’s multiple men touching her, of frequent moves in and
by Alfred Lubrano, Staff Writer @AlfredLubrano | alubrano@phillynews.com Read the original story here. Some nights, Melanie Hudson lies in bed and prays for sleep to overtake her before the belly pain and headache from not eating enough become so overwhelming that they keep her awake till the morning alarm. “I’m living my
By Tamala Edwards PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — See the full story here 6abc is again partnering this holiday season in the region’s largest food drive. When it comes to hunger, senior citizens are always among the most vulnerable with many retirees facing the difficult choice of buying food or medication. A
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Check out the full story here For low income families, putting food on the table can be a real struggle, but when you add food allergies to the mix, the risk of going hungry rises dramatically. Sixteen-year-old Rachel Gannon is perfectly healthy now, but 4 years