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The Narberth Community Food Bank

Learn how Narberth Community Food Bank responds to community needs through pantry services, outreach, volunteers, and funding, supported by data and local resources.

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The Narberth Community Food Bank

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  1. The Narberth Community Food Bank Hope United Methodist Church 1108 Steel RoadHavertown, PA 19083 Gigi Tevlin-Moffat Director Narberth Community Food Bank

  2. The numbers (http://www.hungercoalition.org)

  3. More numbers • Unemployment rate: 8.1% • Food insecurity rate: 12.5% • Child food insecurity rate: 20.3% • Poverty rate:12.4% • Child poverty rate: 17.3%

  4. What we did Identify community need Clarify response to need Type of pantry Guidelines, expectations, policies Community awareness, outreach Volunteers Resources Funding

  5. Clarify response to need • Meals • Groceries • Clothing • Training and education • Other gaps in public services

  6. Type of Pantry Shopping pantry Shopping list pantry

  7. Guidelines • Establish hours • Define emergency responses (outside established hours) • Guest Sign-In (image)

  8. TEFAP Self-declaration

  9. Policies Example: no cash gifts, but provide access to community representatives (utilities) Frequency of non-food items Office hours and documentation

  10. Community Outreach Recruit outward from your organization Reach out to political leadership Local religious institutions Local public and private schools and universities Local businesses Community groups (Lions, Rotary, etc.) Publicity (local paper, civic association, social media)

  11. Volunteers Take every volunteer Find their niche Flexible about hours (set up, clean up, office hours, deliveries, outreach)

  12. Funding Local generosity, while sincere, can experience fatigue External funding will become necessary Balance sheet: resources in vs. expenditures out Pros/cons of becoming a separate 501c3

  13. Resources Community Action Agency of Delaware Country (http://www.caadc.org/)

  14. Country Assistance Office • Darby District845 Main StreetDarby, PA 19023 • Phone: 610-461-3800 • FAX: 610-461-3900 • LIHEAP 610-447-3099

  15. Emergency Food and Nutrition Resources • Delco Interfaith Food Assistance Network (http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/humanservices/emgfood.html) • Many other resources at the country site above • Philabundance (www.philabundance.org/‎) • Local and state grants

  16. Summary Recap

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