June 17, 2009

SEPTA Delivers In First-Ever Philabundance Food Drive Over Nine Tons Of Food Collected  in Just Two Weeks

According to Philabundance, SEPTA collected 18,560 pounds of food during the campaign – making this the second largest Philabundance food drive of the year so far. The food was weighed today after a convoy of trucks, led by SEPTA’s official “Stop Hunger at Your Station” bus, delivered the goods to Philabundance’s Berks Street facility.

SEPTA’s two-week Philabundance food drive ended Monday, June 15th. Since the campaign launched on June 1st, SEPTA’s nearly one million daily riders, 9,000 employees and others in the community responded in overwhelming force. Donations of non-perishable canned and boxed goods overflowed at 45 drop-off locations throughout the SEPTA system.

SEPTA launched the food drive in response to critical shortages at food banks. The economic crisis has forced more families to turn to organizations such as Philabundance to help them put healthy meals on the table, putting a severe strain on supplies at these food cupboards. The demand is only expected to increase as students who rely on school-provided meals begin summer recess.

SEPTA would like to thank all those who contributed to this successful two-week push to help Philabundance as it strives to feed hungry residents in need.

For more information, visit www.septa.org.

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