CommunityOutreach

The West Bethlehem Emergency Food Pantry

Address for Monetary donations:
The West Bethlehem Emergency Food Pantry
C/O   Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
514   Third Avenue
Bethlehem, PA   18018

Address for Food donations:
The West Bethlehem Emergency Food Pantry
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
514 Third Avenue
Bethlehem, PA

Food donations can be dropped off in the front vestibule of the Church,
our physical location is in the basement of the Church (see hours of
operation below)

Phone number that rings at the Food Bank:
610-865-8216
(leave a message and Charlie Bergey will return your call)

Alternate contact:
Suzanne Beam at 610-216-3660

Hours of operation:
Open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon, except for the last
Wednesday of the month when we are open from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Our Mission:

We provide groceries to those in need located on the West Side of
Bethlehem. Although this is the area we are dedicated to serving, we turn
no one away when they ask for food. The families that utilize us can come
once a month for food, but if they are in need more that and come to us,
they are given food. Also with the help of donations we provide very
limited amounts of personal care items such as soap and shampoo. On an
average we are supplying food to over 150 families a month.   The food is
in the form of packed grocery bags, which is given out based on the
number of people in the family.

All work is done by volunteers, we do not have any paid employees.
100% of everything that is given us goes toward providing food for
families.

Our Need:

Due to economic challenges we are seeing an increase in the number of
new families needing assistance and many families who have not needed
us for several months are now returning to the Food Bank for help.

We have had to go out and purchase meat products so that each person can
receive 1 pound of a meat product per month. That expense and money
we have to pay to receive food from Second Harvest has severely
depleted our bank account.

We are in need of monetary donations so we can continue to purchase
meat products. We also can use donations of food and meat products. We
currently give out one of the following: frozen chicken, frozen ground
turkey, frozen ground beef, hot dogs. We have freezers, but no
refrigeration so anything we get must either be frozen or be able to be
frozen after we get it.

In addition to receiving private donations, we were hoping that some
corporate donations would could be solicited.

Please feel free to contact me to discuss the Food Bank. I am available
to speak to groups/civic organizations to further this cause.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Suzanne Beam
West Bethlehem Emergency Food Pantry

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