Hello, Friends!
We are blessed to be able to be in the food business, sharing a family passion of ours with each of you. Food brings people together, it connects us, it can comfort us, and, of course, it sustains us.
If you or someone you know is struggling with having enough to eat during this pandemic, please see these resources below. Stay safe, everyone! We hope to see you soon! We're all healthy and safe and hope you are, too!
Monday - Friday weekday locations for those in need:
Conference of Churches Soup Kitchen
Alliance Hall 6th & Chew Sts.
Bagged lunches available Monday - Friday from 12 - 1 p.m.
Ripple Community
1335 Linden St, Allentown
Community Center continues to be open during normal hours (Tuesday -Thursday, 1-5 p.m. and Friday - Saturday 11 - 3 p.m). Has snacks and sandwiches. They also screen people who come into the center by taking their temperature and practice physical distancing. They are still handing out (many) sandwiches daily.
The Allentown Area Ecumenical Bank
534 Chew Street
Bags of food distributed at rear entrance. 9:30-11:45 a.m. Monday - Friday. If they ask for a referral, tell them Pastor Bob Stevens, Zion’s UCC sent them.
Occasional days:
Operation Address the Homeless
221 N 7th St Allentown
Drop-in center Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Sometimes they have food available.
Jubilee Breakfast Ministry
Zion's UCC, 620 W. Hamilton (rear)
There are "grab and go" chicken or sausage and egg sandwiches, fruit, snack and coffee available Thursday, Friday, Saturday, breakfast meal from 7 - 8 a.m.
Christ Fellowship Church
12th & Chew Sts.
Dinner served in front of church Thursdays, Fridays 5 p.m.
Jackson Park
9th & Jackson Sts.
Dinner served Saturdays, Sundays 5 p.m.
YMCA
425 15th St, Allentown
Although they have closed the Warming Station, they continue to provide dinner for school age children, 18 and under. Serving from 4-5 p.m. as follows: Monday - dinner pick-up for Monday and Tuesday; Wednesday - dinner pick-up for Wednesday and Thursday; Friday - dinner pick-up for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. An adult must bring the children the first time to get them registered; thereafter the adult alone may pick up food for the children.
We are blessed to be able to be in the food business, sharing a family passion of ours with each of you. Food brings people together, it connects us, it can comfort us, and, of course, it sustains us.
If you or someone you know is struggling with having enough to eat during this pandemic, please see these resources below. Stay safe, everyone! We hope to see you soon! We're all healthy and safe and hope you are, too!
Monday - Friday weekday locations for those in need:
Conference of Churches Soup Kitchen
Alliance Hall 6th & Chew Sts.
Bagged lunches available Monday - Friday from 12 - 1 p.m.
Ripple Community
1335 Linden St, Allentown
Community Center continues to be open during normal hours (Tuesday -Thursday, 1-5 p.m. and Friday - Saturday 11 - 3 p.m). Has snacks and sandwiches. They also screen people who come into the center by taking their temperature and practice physical distancing. They are still handing out (many) sandwiches daily.
The Allentown Area Ecumenical Bank
534 Chew Street
Bags of food distributed at rear entrance. 9:30-11:45 a.m. Monday - Friday. If they ask for a referral, tell them Pastor Bob Stevens, Zion’s UCC sent them.
Occasional days:
Operation Address the Homeless
221 N 7th St Allentown
Drop-in center Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Sometimes they have food available.
Jubilee Breakfast Ministry
Zion's UCC, 620 W. Hamilton (rear)
There are "grab and go" chicken or sausage and egg sandwiches, fruit, snack and coffee available Thursday, Friday, Saturday, breakfast meal from 7 - 8 a.m.
Christ Fellowship Church
12th & Chew Sts.
Dinner served in front of church Thursdays, Fridays 5 p.m.
Jackson Park
9th & Jackson Sts.
Dinner served Saturdays, Sundays 5 p.m.
YMCA
425 15th St, Allentown
Although they have closed the Warming Station, they continue to provide dinner for school age children, 18 and under. Serving from 4-5 p.m. as follows: Monday - dinner pick-up for Monday and Tuesday; Wednesday - dinner pick-up for Wednesday and Thursday; Friday - dinner pick-up for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. An adult must bring the children the first time to get them registered; thereafter the adult alone may pick up food for the children.
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