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Hope United Methodist Church 1108 Steel Road Havertown, PA 19083 Gigi Tevlin-Moffat Director Narberth Community Food Bank
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Unemployment rate: 8.1% Food insecurity rate: 12.5% Child food insecurity rate: 20.3% Poverty rate:12.4% Child poverty rate: 17.3%
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Identify community need Clarify response to need Type of pantry Guidelines, expectations, policies Community awareness, outreach Volunteers Resources Funding
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Meals Groceries Clothing Training and education Other gaps in public services
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Shopping pantry Shopping list pantry
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Establish hours Define emergency responses (outside established hours) Guest Sign-In (image)
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Example: no cash gifts, but provide access to community representatives (utilities) Frequency of non-food items Office hours and documentation
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Recruit outward from your organization Reach out to political leadership Local religious institutions Local public and private schools and universities Local businesses Community groups (Lions, Rotary, etc.) Publicity (local paper, civic association, social media)
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Take every volunteer Find their niche Flexible about hours (set up, clean up, office hours, deliveries, outreach)
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Local generosity, while sincere, can experience fatigue External funding will become necessary Balance sheet: resources in vs. expenditures out Pros/cons of becoming a separate 501c3
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Community Action Agency of Delaware Country (http://www.caadc.org/)http://www.caadc.org/
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Darby District 845 Main Street Darby, PA 19023 Phone: 610-461-3800 FAX: 610-461-3900 LIHEAP 610-447-3099
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Delco Interfaith Food Assistance Network (http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/humanse rvices/emgfood.html)http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/humanse rvices/emgfood.html Many other resources at the country site above Philabundance (www.philabundance.org/ ) Local and state grants
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