The Narberth Community Food Bank Hope United Methodist

The Narberth Community Food Bank Hope United Methodist Church 1108 Steel Road Havertown, PA 19083 Gigi Tevlin-Moffat Director Narberth Community Food Bank

The numbers (http: //www. hungercoalition. org)

More numbers Unemployment rate: 8. 1% Food insecurity rate: 12. 5% • Child food insecurity rate: 20. 3% Poverty rate: 12. 4% • Child poverty rate: 17. 3%

What we did Identify community need Clarify response to need Type of pantry Guidelines, expectations, policies Community awareness, outreach Volunteers Resources Funding

Clarify response to need • • • Meals Groceries Clothing Training and education Other gaps in public services

Type of Pantry Shopping pantry Shopping list pantry

Guidelines Establish hours • Define emergency responses (outside established hours) Guest Sign-In (image)

TEFAP Self-declaration

Policies Example: no cash gifts, but provide access to community representatives (utilities) Frequency of non-food items Office hours and documentation

Community Outreach 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)

Volunteers Take every volunteer Find their niche Flexible about hours (set up, clean up, office hours, deliveries, outreach)

Funding 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 501 c 3

Resources Community Action Agency of Delaware Country (http: //www. caadc. org/)

Country Assistance Office Darby District 845 Main Street Darby, PA 19023 • Phone: 610 -461 -3800 • FAX: 610 -461 -3900 • LIHEAP 610 -447 -3099

Emergency Food and Nutrition Resources Delco Interfaith Food Assistance Network (http: //www. co. delaware. pa. us/humanservi ces/emgfood. html) • Many other resources at the country site above Philabundance (www. philabundance. org/ Local and state grants

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