The Westmoreland County Food Bank strongly supports the 15 percent benefit increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) included in the updated HEROES Act introduced in the House of Representatives. This past year, the Westmoreland County Food Bank and the rest of Feeding America’s network of 200 food banks and 60,000 partner food pantries and…
The Westmoreland County Food Bank is a recipient of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations’ Seal of Excellence for successfully completing their rigorous Standards for Excellence® accreditation program. The Westmoreland County Food Bank voluntarily opened itself up to analysis by a “jury of its peers.” The peer review team examined Westmoreland County Food Bank for…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on unforeseen challenges for families and industries alike. The Westmoreland County Food Bank has been feeding the need locally and since mid-March has distributed over 1.2 million pounds of food to households throughout the county. As part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the United States Department of Agriculture…
The last two months have been anything but ordinary for the Westmoreland County Food Bank. With the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the organization has changed the way they have operated for thirty-eight years. Difficult decisions had to be made to temporarily cancel programs like Operation Fresh Express, due to the fact that this program…
The Westmoreland County Food Bank is beginning the month of April operating in a completely different manner than it had just 30 days prior. With the onset of the Covid19 pandemic in the United States and with the help of Feeding America and Feeding Pennsylvania, the Westmoreland County Food Bank began to strategically plan and…
Pennsylvania Skill, whose skill games are manufactured by Pace-O-Matic and Miele Manufacturing, today donated $250,000 to Feeding Pennsylvania, the state association of Feeding America Food Banks, to help the growing number of families struggling with food insecurity. The money from Pennsylvania Skill will be distributed among Feeding PA’s nine member food banks that serve all…
The Westmoreland County Food Bank is gearing up for the start of the 2020 Operation Fresh Express distributions, entering the program’s 21st year of battling food waste. The Operation Fresh Express (OFE) concept was unique to food banking when it was introduced at WCFB in 1999. The founders of the program were looking at the…
The fourteenth annual Turkey Cup Challenge was held recently to benefit the Westmoreland County Food Bank (WCFB) in cooperation with seven Westmoreland County schools. In total, $37,233.62 was raised. This is a fun and spirited competition among, potentially, all of the Westmoreland County schools to see who can collect the most donations for the Food…
Hunger Action Month is the Feeding America® network’s nationwide awareness driver, designed to mobilize the public to take action on the issue of hunger and food insecurity. This annual month-long campaign brings attention to the reality of food insecurity in the United States and promotes ways for individuals and organizations across the Country to get…