NEWS 2022
Greater Pike Community Foundation Awards Grants to Local Food Pantries in Advance of the Holiday Season
September 30, 2022
MILFORD, PA – Four area food pantries recently received $1,000 each from Greater Pike Community Foundation to assist in their efforts to fight food insecurity and provide support for those in need in our community. Grants were awarded to the Ecumenical Food Pantry of Pike County in Milford, the Good Cheer Food Pantry at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Greeley, the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Food Pantry in Dingmans Ferry, and the St. Ann’s Food Pantry in Shohola.
The funds come at a critical time for area food pantries, with colder weather and the holidays approaching as well as a steady increase in families seeking assistance.
“This money will be used to purchase food items for our annual Day of Giving scheduled for Monday, November 21,” said Barbara Hupfer, Food Pantry Coordinator at Holy Trinity in Dingmans Ferry. “Our Day of Giving is the day we distribute Thanksgiving meal items to those in need in the community. We also provide breakfast and the opportunity to shop for blankets and winter outerwear.”
Pike County’s Ecumenical Food Pantry in Milford is “extremely grateful to the GPCF for this $1,000 grant because we’re seeing a steady increase in the number of families coming to the pantry,” explained Nancy Potter, Food Pantry Director. “So far this year we are averaging about 60 families per week, which is a big increase for us, and we see new families each week.” The pantry also has been working diligently to offer families a choice of nutritious foods, she added.
“Our local food pantries need community support year-round,” said Gail Shuttleworth, Chair of the Greater Pike Board of Directors. “We hope that this funding will not only help provide food to those in need but function as inspiration to others to donate, volunteer or otherwise get involved in the fight against hunger.”
“This is a great time for the community to come together and help one another,” Holy Trinity’s Hupfer added.
Online donations to the Greater Pike Fund can be made at https://greaterpike.org/fund_list. Scroll down to the fund name for the link.
Greater Pike helps individuals, families, and local businesses to provide a permanent and personal way to give back to the community. For more information, please call 570-832-4686 or visit www.greaterpike.org and Facebook.com/GreaterPike.