The BLOOMSBURG FOOD CUPBOARD
Serving the Bloomsburg Community
Sundays: 9:10 a.m .– 10:10 a.m.
Tuesdays: 11:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
bloomsburgfoodcupboard@gma
our first year was a great success thanks to our donars
About Raise the Region 2023
Thank you to our generous donors during the Raise the Region campaign. We raised over $5,000 that will go directly to our services that will soon be affected by the reduced assistance reality for many families. We are currently serving approximately 350 households each month, and over 250 backpacks are sent home weekly with local students.
Hayden Power group comes up big in second year food drive
Employees donate food, grocery gift cards
Thank you to Hayden Power Group for your employee food drive collection! We appreciate your generosity of non-perishable items and local grocery store gift cards and of course for delivering the donations. This is the second year for Hayden’s food drive.
A FINE JOB DONE BY BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY POLICE
Food For Fines Aids Food Cupboard
Several hundred pounds of food were donated to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard last week through BU Police Department’s Food for Fines drive. Shown from left delivering food are Police Chief Ramon Welkom, officers Robert Neiderhiser and Scott Levan, and Jeff Helsel, president of the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard board of directors.
amazing work done by many
Central Columbia Middle School rocks the food drive
Pictured below are a few Central Columbia Middle School 6th graders whose grade-level efforts were noted for their hard work in collecting the most donations of food and money for the school’s annual food drive. They helped load up the donated items into the box truck that DYCO allowed us to use to save many trips back and forth to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard. DYCO workers, Food Cupboard director Martha Sheehe, and Mr Chad Heintzelman, CCMS principal, are also included in the photo.
experience Bloomsburg theatre at its best for a food donatio
A very special Christmas Carol
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble's A Christmas Carol begins next week. The first public performance is the Food Preview on Friday, Nov. 25 at 2 PM. Tickets to this special showing are free with the donation of canned goods or nonperishable items. All food donations will go to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard. Come early, as tickets tend to go quickly!
Helping our community and enjoying classic Christmas theater. Seems like a perfect afternoon.
fulton bank volunteers brave the cold to help
Bundled up Sunday helpers
Pictured (left) are volunteers from the Berwick and Bloomsburg branches of Fulton Bank and some family members. They braved the cold temps and gusty winds to help us serve at our Sunday distribution. Thank you for caring about those in your community! Thank you, Diane, Janet, Carla, Lisa, Olivia, and Jordan! (and Maureen-not pictured)
BFC supports a "hunters sharing the harvest" volunteer
Your extra venison will fill a need for meat
Hunters Sharing the Harvest is Pennsylvania’s venison donation program for hunters who share their extra venison via a statewide network of participating butchers to food pantries and community assistance centers across Pennsylvania. HSH has distributed nearly 2 million pounds of donated venison since 1991. The BFC has a processor who will accept deer for us as part of this program. Gary Stine, 177 Ridge Rd., Catawissa, PA 17820. Call him at: 570-394-2640.
giant gives a boost and chicken and turkey to BFC
Holiday Help
Another Tuesday and another helping hand by Giant Market employees from both Bloomsburg and Berwick stores. And this time, they brought turkeys and chicken for our clients and good cheer to our volunteers. And one Giant volunteer worked the turkey hat like a champ.
amazing GIANT job!
GIANT is out in force with Panther Packs
The Giant corporation packed 250 backpacks for our local Bloomsburg Area Panther Packs this week. Employees from our local and surrounding stores, as well as corporate employees, all worked to put together sacks full of many food items and some school supplies for our local children. They did an amazing job!!
GOING THAT EXTRA MILE
Boys collect food to help others
Levi (Moose) and Logan (LJ) wanted to help others in their community so they collected some food to donate in addition to participating in a food drive for their Cub Scout Pack 44-Lime Ridge. They and their parents visited the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard to drop off their donation and asked some great questions to learn how they can better s
Levi (Moose) and Logan (LJ) wanted to help others in their community so they collected some food to donate in addition to participating in a food drive for their Cub Scout Pack 44-Lime Ridge. They and their parents visited the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard to drop off their donation and asked some great questions to learn how they can better serve others with food insecurity locally. Thank you to these two kind-hearted boys and their parents!