Before you begin clogging my inbox with marriage proposals, restraining orders, etc.- allow me to clarify.  I’m not looking for a good woman.  No, I found the only woman who would put up with my passionate karaoke rendition of Seal’s “Kiss from Rose.”  In fact, it is your US Census ...

The holidays are undoubtedly a special time for many people.  You get together with family and friends, uncles and grandmas fly in from all over, you spend days cooking elaborate meals and chasing the dog out of the kitchen.  It’s stressful, hectic, but ultimately satisfying and heartwarming.  We’re getting together ...

It seems like only yesterday when the Community Food Center (CFC) opened it’s pilot located at 6th and Lehigh but in actuality we’re coming upon on 1 Year Anniversary. We opened our doors on November 17th, 2009 with great anticipation of serving a community in great need. In our first week ...

96 billion pounds of food. No, that’s not how much food was consumed at last year’s Philadelphia Wing Bowl― that’s how much food is wasted every year in the United States― enough food to feed every resident of Pennsylvania from now until 2018. Food waste accounts for over 2,000 trillion ...

One of the aspects of my job that I love most is visiting agency partners who are doing an exceptional job of distributing food to those in our community. A great example is Berachah Church Food Pantry, located in Cheltenham, Montgomery County. I visited during their distribution last Thursday and ...

At the end of September, the US Census Bureau released new statistics about poverty in the United States.  In 2009, 14.3 percent of Americans lived at or below the poverty line.  That’s over 44 million people or, 1 in 7—the highest number of people in 51 years and the highest ...

In a world hungry for excess, many Americans find it unbelievable that minutes from their home others may be hungry for food. But from our actual experience seeing poverty close up, we are struck by an even greater question: With circumstances so desperate, why don’t more people ask for our ...

Bill Clark, President and Executive Director of Philabundance, is our fearless leader. He oversees all moving parts of the organization, ensuring that each department has the resources necessary to serve Philabundance's mission of increasing access to emergency food for those in need. His long history with the food industry and ...

With nearly a million people facing hunger in the Delaware Valley, the discussions that exists around hunger in our region is surprisingly minimal. With this blog, all of us here at Philabundance are hoping to broaden the dialogue and create a greater awareness of the issues of hunger that are ...