Food Insecurity

The free “Spring Into a Day of Giving” pop-up food pantry will be from noon to 3 p.m. at Weston Field, 928 Providence Road, in Scranton.

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A resident physician at The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, grows produce in his Waverly Twp. garden and has donated more than 100 pounds of it this summer.

As summer drags on, some families in Pennsylvania must rely on the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Nutrition Program.

The nonprofit previously served Monroe and Luzerne Counties and is expanding its services with the purchase of an old church in Beaver Meadows, Carbon County. Leaders hope the federal government will consider funding for food pantries in the farm bill, which is set for renewal in September.

CHOP Out Hunger, which offers in-school food pantries and backpack programs to 45,000 children weekly, hopes to expand statewide.

The Hazleton Integration Project launched its Eradicating Food Insecurity Initiative in 2023 with help from community partners and student volunteers.