Food is prepared for delivery to Pittsburgh residents during a distribution event on the North Shore on April 24, 2020.
Katie Blackley / WESA
Food is prepared for delivery to Pittsburgh residents during a distribution event on the North Shore on April 24, 2020.
Katie Blackley / WESA
Aired; November 14th, 2024.
We’ve all felt the impact of rising prices, but you might be surprised to learn that one in nine people in Central Pennsylvania face food insecurity, including one in seven children. Plus, 58% of our neighbors who seek charitable food have a paying job. Joe Arthur Chief Executive Officer with the Central PA Food Bank says food insecurity is at an all time high in Central Pa.
“We thought that four years after the pandemic started that we would be in a better position with respect to hunger. And that’s not really the case. We’re actually serving as many people now, actually a bit more in terms of individuals coming for help than we were even in 2021 at the height of the pandemic. So unfortunately, with inflation and many of the other challenges, challenges hitting families, we’re at this really high level of need and we’re really just trying to make sure the public understands that.”
WITF is proud to partner with Weis Markets, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and you for our Annual Day of Foodraising on November 14. For each dollar you contribute to WITF today through November 14, Weis Markets will match it – up to $35,000 – with a donation of food to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
CLICK HERE to donate.