Board Chair Update: March 2025

Our distributions continue to be bustling. Over the past 30 days, we:

Served nearly 400 families, including 1,200 individuals….an 18% increase over 2024,
Registered 20 new families for food assistance.

Many of the clients who visited had not been to the pantry for several months, and some had not returned since the summer.

Thanks to our sponsors, donors, and volunteers, our 100% volunteer organization continues to impact our community in many ways, including:

Providing eligible clients with approximately one week’s worth of food each month including meat, dairy, fruit, produce, canned goods, cereal, peanut butter, fruit juice, prepared foods, and kids’ bags, as well as laundry detergent and personal items.
Meeting emergency food needs generally within 24 hours (in addition to our large twice monthly distributions).
Registering nearly 2,500 unique families—with approximately 30% achieving food independence!

In our quest to help the most vulnerable population segments within the Twin Valley School District, each month we consistently serve:

Between 475 and 500 children.
More than 200 seniors.
50 homebound families.

Providing our clients with healthy food

We serve 130 children through our Kids’ Backpack Program. And in summer months, we provide these kids with kid food boxes filled with ready-to-eat and easy-to-prepare foods.

Our Nutritional Supplement Program supports the needs of children newborn through age 3—when proper development is most critical. Nearly 80 families receive specialized foods, instructions, educational materials, and counseling—in addition to diapers, wipes, clothes, and books.
We support our clients with diabetes with specialty foods and health education each month.
Our Taste It Team regularly prepares meal and snack items targeted to children.
Our Garden for Life Program grows fresh vegetables distributed at the pantry.

Supporting our clients' overall health

We offer clients up to 6 personal items at each distribution. We typically offer deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, feminine hygiene products, adult diapers, shaving cream and razors, and toothpaste and brushes.
We offer healthy cooking demonstrations and ingredients at every distribution.
Our onsite medical testing now features a dental consultation and referral every other month.
The Honey Brook Lion’s Club visits regularly to provide vision tests for children age 11 and younger.

Helping clients achieve independence

Progress is underway on the second part of our mission—driving independence. We continue to bring new resources to the pantry, including a new resource, Chester County Human Services (211). In addition:

We provide employment support—a program that continues to gain momentum—through job leads, CareerLink, and client HR consultations.
We host Legal Aid monthly to help the families we serve with a wide range of legal questions.
We helped prepare and submit 177 successful mobile home tax appeals in the past year alone. These appeals save our clients nearly $1,000 per household in taxes each year.
Clothing Closet from Anchored Ministries visits monthly offering nearly 1,000 free items during each visit.
We provide a “free market” at every distribution that includes new and gently used toys, books, clothes, furniture, and household items.
We give each child up to 3 new toys each December. In addition, we distribute hundreds of new and gently used coats each December.

Additional services and resources

We've enhanced our core onsite resources, including:

Medical and dental services
Utility support
Clothing van
Transportation information
Flu shots
Vision testing
Haircuts
Assistance with Medicaid and SNAP, as well as the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC).

Bringing holiday smiles to our clients

To ensure that our clients' holidays are as special as they are, we host these annual events.

NEW in 2024: Thanksgiving distribution. This past year, we provided 345 households with a ham and side dishes suitable for Thanksgiving.
Holiday giveaway. In December, we provided 1,131 individuals from 332 families with a complete Christmas dinner. We also provided toys for more than 400 children. We also supplied clients with more than 600 coats and assorted winter wear.
Easter dinner distribution. In 2024, we provided a complete Easter dinner to 940 individuals from 295 families (a 20% increase from 2023). And the Easter Bunny joined us, handing out goodies for the kids!

Your help makes all of this possible!

Many thanks to all our sponsors, donors, and volunteers.

Board Chair Update: March 2025

Providing eligible clients with approximately one week’s worth of food each month including meat, dairy, fruit, produce, canned goods, cereal, peanut butter, fruit juice, prepared foods, and kids’ bags, as well as laundry detergent and personal items.

Meeting emergency food needs generally within 24 hours (in addition to our large twice monthly distributions).

Registering nearly 2,500 unique families—with approximately 30% achieving food independence!

In our quest to help the most vulnerable population segments within the Twin Valley School District, each month we consistently serve: ​

Between 475 and 500 children.

More than 200 seniors.

50 homebound families. ​​

​​We serve 130 children through our Kids’ Backpack Program. And in summer months, we provide these kids with kid food boxes filled with ready-to-eat and easy-to-prepare foods.​

Our Nutritional Supplement Program supports the needs of children newborn through age 3—when proper development is most critical. Nearly 80 families receive specialized foods, instructions, educational materials, and counseling—in addition to diapers, wipes, clothes, and books.

We support our clients with diabetes with specialty foods and health education each month.

Our Taste It Team regularly prepares meal and snack items targeted to children.

Our Garden for Life Program grows fresh vegetables distributed at the pantry.​​

Supporting our clients' overall health​​​​

We offer clients up to 6 personal items at each distribution. We typically offer deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, feminine hygiene products, adult diapers, shaving cream and razors, and toothpaste and brushes.

We offer healthy cooking demonstrations and ingredients at every distribution.

Our onsite medical testing now features a dental consultation and referral every other month.

The Honey Brook Lion’s Club visits regularly to provide vision tests for children age 11 and younger.

​

Helping clients achieve independence​​​​

Progress is underway on the second part of our mission—driving independence. We continue to bring new resources to the pantry, including a new resource, Chester County Human Services (211). In addition:

​

​We provide employment support—a program that continues to gain momentum—through job leads, CareerLink, and client HR consultations.

We host Legal Aid monthly to help the families we serve with a wide range of legal questions.

We helped prepare and submit 177 successful mobile home tax appeals in the past year alone. These appeals save our clients nearly $1,000 per household in taxes each year.

Clothing Closet from Anchored Ministries visits monthly offering nearly 1,000 free items during each visit.

We provide a “free market” at every distribution that includes new and gently used toys, books, clothes, furniture, and household items.

We give each child up to 3 new toys each December. In addition, we distribute hundreds of new and gently used coats each December.

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We've enhanced our core onsite resources, including:​

Medical and dental services

Utility support

Clothing van

Transportation information

Flu shots

Vision testing

Haircuts

Assistance with Medicaid and SNAP, as well as the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC).​​

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To ensure that our clients' holidays are as special as they are, we host these annual events.​

NEW in 2024: Thanksgiving distribution. This past year, we provided 345 households with a ham and side dishes suitable for Thanksgiving.

Holiday giveaway. In December, we provided 1,131 individuals from 332 families with a complete Christmas dinner. We also provided toys for more than 400 children. We also supplied clients with more than 600 coats and assorted winter wear.

Easter dinner distribution. In 2024, we provided a complete Easter dinner to 940 individuals from 295 families (a 20% increase from 2023). And the Easter Bunny joined us, handing out goodies for the kids!​

Your help makes all of this possible!

Many thanks to all our sponsors, donors, and volunteers.

In our quest to help the most vulnerable population segments within the Twin Valley School District, each month we consistently serve:

50 homebound families.

We serve 130 children through our Kids’ Backpack Program. And in summer months, we provide these kids with kid food boxes filled with ready-to-eat and easy-to-prepare foods.

Our Garden for Life Program grows fresh vegetables distributed at the pantry.

Supporting our clients' overall health

Helping clients achieve independence

We provide employment support—a program that continues to gain momentum—through job leads, CareerLink, and client HR consultations.

We've enhanced our core onsite resources, including:

Assistance with Medicaid and SNAP, as well as the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC).

To ensure that our clients' holidays are as special as they are, we host these annual events.

Easter dinner distribution. In 2024, we provided a complete Easter dinner to 940 individuals from 295 families (a 20% increase from 2023). And the Easter Bunny joined us, handing out goodies for the kids!