St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Food Pantry celebrated their 40th Anniversary on September 25, 2022

To make a donation to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Food Pantry, please click on the following link:  Donate Now

Food Pantry Donations Needed for October –  Canned Soups –  Please put your donations in the shopping cart in the Good Shepherd Room.  We are always in need paper grocery bags with handles and plastic bags.

Money donations are gratefully accepted. Please place cash or check in a “special” envelope marked “Pantry”.

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  Produce from Community Garden

St. Paul’s Food Pantry has been serving clients since September of 1982. The food that is distributed comes mostly from York County Food Bank and Central Penn Food Bank.  In addition, we have established relationships with Panera Bread for bread and baked goods and Hill-N- Dale Egg Farm for fresh eggs. Also, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York can be found working in their garden each year to provide our pantry with fresh garden produce such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, collard greens, etc.  We value all donations made of either food or money to our food pantry.

The pantry operates totally with volunteers.  Our largest cadre of volunteers are the folks who help with distribution each Tuesday morning, 9:30 – 11:30. Pantry Volunteers are needed:  Tuesday mornings to help our neighbors shop, some Sundays to restock shelves and some Thursday mornings to receive deliveries. . Other volunteer opportunities include picking up from Panera Monday evenings, picking up from Hill-N-Dale Egg Farm once a month, and helping to restock the distribution area, and learning to work with the food banks to order food and maintain inventory.   New volunteers are always welcome.  Thank you Pantry Volunteers!

Food Pantry Volunteer Opportunities:

Manager of Food:  We are looking for a third person to share responsibility for keeping inventory, ordering and overseeing delivery of food. The work will take about 4 hours each week during the month that the person is in charge.   For more information, please contact Patty Snyder or the church office.

Spanish Translator is needed to sit with the people at the registration table to help translate.  During the summer it might be a high school or college student studying Spanish, Spanish teachers or others with Spanish knowledge.

Gardeners:  Each summer busy gardeners from the Unitarian Universalist Church of York (UUCY) work hard to provide St. Paul’s Food Pantry shoppers with fresh produce.  This summer UUCY will have weekday and weekend volunteer opportunities—perfect for individuals and families–helping to grow and harvest food donations for distribution on Tuesday mornings.  Some chores my include shoveling compost, panting seeds and seedlings, puling weeds, watering of plants, and other hands-on needs.  Harvesting usually happens Monday evenings and early Tuesday mornings.  Please send an email of your interest and availability to karenwishart21@gmail.com and we will look forward to providing up to date information concerning workdays.  Check with Patty Snyder or Teresa Rohrbaugh with questions.

Should you wish to volunteer in any way, please feel free to contact one of the following:

Teresa Rohrbaugh – oversees Tuesday distributions and Panera

Patty Snyder and Ken Hinkle – helps with ordering and maintaining inventory, deliveries, restocking distribution room

The church office can provide contact information:  717-843-8155

Thank you to everyone who helped at the Rev’s Games this year!  Our group of dedicated volunteers raised over $2,200 for the food pantry!