Central Pennsylvania Food Bank gets $100k grant from PNC Foundation

 

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank announced it received a $100,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to aid in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

This gift will be used to help meet the needs of food insecure residents of central Pennsylvania during the COVID-19 crisis. To feed children and their families, as well as all those facing hunger during this time, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank is packing and distributing boxes of crisis response food.

“PNC has been a longtime partner of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and we are grateful for their wonderful gift to aid in our response to the COVID-19 crisis,” said Joe Arthur, executive director of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.  “With schools closed and so many families facing an uncertain financial future, we need to make sure that everyone still has enough nutritious food to stay healthy.  Life-sustaining gifts like this one will help us ensure that no family is hungry through this crisis and beyond.”

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