Share Food Program

A major thank you to The Foundation For Delaware County for the generous $83,000 awarded to Share Food Program as part of the $1.2 million Impact Grant which was distributed across 57 DelCo nonprofits. This funding will be used to support our centralized food bank and promote equitable food access across our 17 county food pantries. https://lnkd.in/ew2T3my7

Save the date! Our Annual Party in the Warehouse is taking place September 26th 🎉  For information on sponsorship opportunities, contact Sonia DeVan, Share’s Director of Corporate Partnerships: 📧 sdevan@sharefoodprogram.org ☎ 215.223.2220 ext. 144 Transform the future of food security with Share Food Program.  Share Food Program leads the fight against food insecurity in the region by serving an expansive, quality partner network of community-based organizations and school districts engaged in food distribution, education, and advocacy.

Today marks Gail Johnson’s last official day on the job at Share Food Program. An absolute Share legend, Gail has supported and seen our organization through a decades-long transformation and has done a whole lot—and honestly, a little bit of everything—at Share since 1998. Join us as we wish Gail a huge congratulations on her retirement. We can never say thanks enough for all that she has done for us and the communities we serve. We’ll miss her so much 💚

Thanks to the Inquirer’s Michael Klein for mentioning Share Food Program’s Nice Roots Farm in his recent Let’s Eat newsletter. Check out the mention (and read about which Philly-area dumpling houses are on Michael’s radar!) here. https://lnkd.in/eJnK73ZC

Big thanks to United Concordia Dental for an incredibly generous $10,000 donation to Share Food Program. Partnerships that help us fight food insecurity always gives our team a reason to smile. With the impactful support of groups like United Concordia, Share is able to continue feeding hundreds of thousands of children, seniors, and family members each month. https://lnkd.in/gS-ERaF

There’s a new community fridge in town! Share staff celebrated our new community fridge, freezer and pantry today by stocking it chock full of fresh produce and quality snacks. Come check us out at 2901 W Hunting Park Ave 📍 The fridge is open and accessible 24/7 for anyone to take what they need or leave what they can 💚 The Share Community Fridge is one part of a larger community-centered network of volunteers and mutual aid organizers in Philly and beyond who believe in food justice, collective liberation, and solidarity with our neighbors. See the list & map of other community fridges regularly stocked by Philly Food Rescue ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/e9wtBfHW

Introducing Nice Roots Farm’s first Summer Youth Land Stewards: Isabella, Tamia, Johneya & Aniyah 🌱🪻🙌🏾 They will be joining us on the farm for 10 weeks this summer, gaining agricultural, culinary, nutrition & food justice knowledge as we work through our Nice Roots Farm curriculum with them! We’re so excited to be able to offer this paid internship program for the first time to students who attend high school nearby 💚

Giving a shoutout to New Hope AME Zion Church, one of our beloved Partner Pantries in our fight against hunger 💚 They are located on Musgrave St and their pantry is open every first & third Saturday of each month. Fun fact — they graduated from the Seed to Supper program hosted at Share's Nice Roots Farm, utilizing the tools and knowledge they learned during the program and applying it to their food security! 🌱

We are wishing Sheila Christopher, Executive Director of Hunger-Free PA, a big congrats on retirement 🎉🙌 Sheila has been relentlessly fighting food insecurity on behalf of Pennsylvanians for almost 40 years! She has made such an enormous impact through her work including: 🍏 Expanding the Senior Box Program to all 67 Pennsylvania counties, which now serves over 32,000 seniors each month 🍏 Lead the effort to pass the Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System Act, which facilitates PA-grown fresh food getting into the hands of those who need it. 🍏 Founded the Pennsylvania Hunger Action Coalition, a group of over 70 regional and state-wide organizations. Share deeply appreciates Sheila’s efforts, we will miss her very much, and wish her all the best in her retirement!

Thank you Penn Community Bank for spending time writing thoughtful notes to Share food box recipients as part of your 3rd annual Day of Service 💚 https://lnkd.in/eSbBbqdp