Welcome to Temple Lutheran Church Food Pantry
Volunteer Opportunities
Current Needs:
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Rice
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Cereal
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Canned Chicken
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Canned Salmon
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Laundry Detergent (small bottles, please)
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Paper Towels
Dropoff Location:
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Look - at the back of our courtyard on Brookline Boulevard - for the double glass doors.
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Place food items in either of the large white bins just outside these doors.
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No expired products accepted.
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No glass items accepted for the safety of our helpers and clients.
Financial donations are accepted; scroll down to the bottom of the page to donate online.
If you have a few hours a month, we need:
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Guides for service days to greet clients and help them shop and carry groceries out to transportation.
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Stocking & Organizing the pantry rooms (on your own schedule)
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Recyclers to break down any packages that can be recycled.
Special Service Opportunities
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Collect food from your neighbors and deliver to the pantry at Temple Lutheran Church.
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Organize a food drive at your school, work, or organization.
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Hold a toy drive by November to provide toys for our Christmas service day.
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Lead a school-supplies drive before mid-Audust.
To volunteer or ask a question, please email: pantry@templelutheran.org/.
Client Information
If you need food, come to TLC Pantry on the 4th Saturday of every month.
12:30-2:30 PM.
501 Brookline Boulevard, Havertown
Our pantry is open to anyone in need. We do not require any proof of anything. If you need food, please come to our pantry on the 4th Saturday of every month.
TLC's Food Pantry is to be used as an emergency resource only, to supplement whatever resources you have.
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Food is provided on a first come, first served basis.
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There is no guarantee to the amount of or type of food available but we strive to enough for everyone.
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Food will be allotted according to availability.
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You will be able to shop the food bank shelves for items that you/your family needs. In order for the food pantry to operate in this way, you may have to wait in our reception area while others shop. Please help us to keep the environment pleasant and cooperative. We appreciate your patience!
If you have questions, email pantry@templelutheran.org
Resources
Food Banks
Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
703 Lincoln Avenue Prospect Park Pa 19076
loavesandfishes@prospecthillbaptist.org
610-532-9000
Upland Baptist Church
325 Main Street Brookhaven PA 19015
610-874-7474
Kids Against Hunger United
350 West State Street Media PA 19063
484-352-2802
Catholic Social Services
130 East 7th Street Chester PA 19013
610-876-7101
St James United Church of Christ
135 Myrtle Avenue Havertown PA 19083
Memorial Church of God in Christ
747 Buck Lane Haverford PA 19041
Mitzvah Food Program
345 Montgomery Avenue Bala Cynwyd PA 19004
Hunger Programs - Senior Citizen Boxes ( Services 19111, 19114, 19115, 19116, 19124, 19135, 19136, 19149, 19152, 19154)
3101 Tyson Avenue Philadelphia PA 19149
Call: 215-268-3510
Food Cupboard
814 Clifton Avenue Sharon Hill PA 19079
Murphys Giving Markey
7408 West Chester Pike Upper Darby PA 19082
610-271-8105
Share Food Pantry
708 Pembroke Avenue, East Lansdowne, PA 19050
Senior Boxes St Katharine Drexel Parish
1408 West 2nd Street, Chester, PA 19013
Food Pantry, New Testament Church of God
935 South 53rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
201 West Baltimore Pike, Clifton Heights, PA 19018
Philabundance, Commodity Supplemental Food Program
3616 South Galloway Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148
Call 215-339-0900 ext. 2152
3616 South Galloway Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148
Make a Financial Donation to Temple Lutheran Food Pantry
Your generosity will help us provide food, toiletries, produce, hot meals, and other services to the families we serve throughout Delaware County and beyond. We are grateful for your support!
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Our Mission & Vision
Our Mission: Welcome Unconditionally • Engage Regularly • Nourish with Food and Fellowship
Our Vision: Respectfully Nourishing our Neighborhood and God's world in the name of Jesus.