All donations will be distributed locally.
St. Eleanor Parish is holding its third annual food drive after masses on Feb. 2 and 3, which will benefit local food pantries. Collections, manned by young people from the Confirmation Class, Giving in Faith for Teens (G.I.F.T) and the Parish Religious Education Program (P.R.E.P), will be held at the parish, located at 647 Locust Street in Collegeville, after 5:15 p.m. mass on Feb. 2, and after masses beginning at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12 Noon and 7 p.m. on Feb. 3. All donations will benefit the St. Vincent DePaul Society Food Pantries in Collegeville and Schwenksville, and Project Outreach in Royersford. Suggested donations include rice, canned fruit, soup, beans, peanut butter and jelly, canned meats, canned meals, desserts and snacks, …
Jerusalem Community Food Pantry needs more support for toy drive after reportedly losing corporate sponsor.
Portions of this story are from the Patch article "Jerusalem Community Food Pantry's toy drive embraces spirit of giving": For years, the Jerusalem Community Food Pantry -- at Schwenksville's Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church -- has benefited from the kindness of strangers when it comes to donations. This Christmas, however, it needs a few more heroes as it strives to bring a brighter holiday to area families. A corporate sponsor has reportedly withdrawn an offer to help provide toys for the annual drive benefitting the children of the hundreds of families who receive food from the Pantry. According to a 2010 interview with co-manager Loretta Stever, about 500 families from the area qualify for assistance from the Pantry, but a bit …
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