Volunteers continue to be the backbone of the Central Pa. Food Bank’s mission

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank has been working on overdrive since the pandemic hit Pennsylvania and organizers say they don’t foresee the need slowing down anytime soon.

Joe Arthur, the Executive Director of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, said “There are two engines that make this mission go, volunteers and then giving donations. Donations of food, donations of money.”

The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank has been working non-stop for almost a year.

“Right now, we’re sharing food at the highest pace we have in the entire pandemic,” said Arthur.

The Executive Director says the organization had to move to the farm show complex in Harrisburg just to keep up with the need.

It’s not only to have more space to store pallets upon pallets of food, but they also needed space to allow the volunteers to social distance.

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