Between inflation and rising housing costs, many are turning to pantries to get by and food pantries across our area are seeing high demands from families in need of groceries. The realities of food insecurity have been harsh for families…
Year: 2023
Need for food remains at record levels in the region
By: Mike Urban, Reading Eagle Manna on Main Street in Lansdale is a food pantry serving Montgomery County and has seen increases in demand similar to what other organizations are seeing nationally and locally. The nonprofit, which distributes bagged meals…
Manna Purchases former Phil’s Tire and Service Center for Upcoming Online Market Hub
Manna on Main Street in Lansdale announced last week that it purchased the shuttered Phil’s Tire & Service Center at 10 N. Cannon Avenue on Aug. 16 and will transform it into Manna’s Online Market Hub in the coming months,…
Montgomery County food pantries brace for ‘food insecurity tsunami’ amid end to COVID SNAP benefits
By: Rachel Ravina, The Reporter Pennsylvania’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s, known as SNAP, is no longer providing the emergency allotment benefits tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. The extra food stamps benefit expired at the end of last month, and pantries…
Rollbacks to food and health benefits loom in Pennsylvania
By: Katie Meyer, Spotlight PA Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians could lose their health insurance and nearly two million could face more food insecurity in the coming months due to two sweeping rollbacks to pandemic-era federal policies. Advocates see the…
