First Niagara supports Chester County Food Bank
Financial group delivers $10,000 to assist with feeding hungry
First Niagara’s Allan Burkley (from left) poses with Robert MacNeil, board chairman of the Chester County Food Bank; Larry Welsch, its executive director; and Bob Kane, First Niagara’s eastern Pennsylvania regional president.
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. announced in a news release that it recently gave a $10,000 grant...
Ambitious appetite prompts Food Bank move
Chester County nonprofit’s plethora of produce, volunteers outgrows space
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Larry Welsch, executive director of the Chester County Food Bank, surveys some of the current, cramped office space, which features overflow storage on the floor.
When the Chester County Food Bank rose from the ashes of its bankrupt predecessor in 2009, it did so with...
Benefactor’s largesse: from soup to nuts
Wegmans steps up to fill Food Bank’s bare cupboards
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A high-energy crew of Wegmans employees formed an assembly line inside the warehouse of the Chester County Food Bank, where they sorted the donation of 18,000 pounds of food.
The crew of about 15 employees from Wegmans’ Downingtown supermarket demonstrated well-honed skills, juggling cartons,...
Lesson in thrift, nutrition benefits Food Bank
Students learn to stretch their dollars while assisting needy
Participants in the third Food Check-Out, sponsored by the Chester Delaware County Farm Bureau, get recognition from County Commissioners Ryan Costello (left), Kathi Cozzone (third from right), and Terence Farrell (right). Susan Rzucidlo, who organized the project, is second from right.
The Life Skills Advanced Placement class at...
Chester County Food Bank receives $50,000 check
Gift is proceeds from Pa. Hunt Cup’s 48th annual race
Representatives of the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup and the Chester County Food Bank pose for the $50,000 check presentation.
The tailgaters and steeplechase enthusiasts who gathered on Nov. 4 to enjoy the 48th annual Pennsylvania Hunt Cup race helped boost the proceeds presented to the Chester County Food Bank earlier this week.
Since 1964, The...
Healthy-living celebration adds all the right moves
Dancing will be one way in which those attending the health celebration will be encouraged to move.
Free La Comunidad Hispana event will promote wellness, exercise
So many activities are planned Saturday for ¡Vive tu Vida! Get Up! Get Moving! that it may be difficult to do anything but that.
Sponsored by La Comunidad Hispana, the free event will be held from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Anson B. Nixon...
National horse show promotes local nonprofits
Chester County Food Bank and Abby Miller Foundation to benefit from Brandywine Valley Summer Series
Two area worthy causes will benefit from the Brandywine Valley Summer Series, which starts today in Devon.
Voted “Horse Show of the Year” by the Pennsylvania Horse Show Association, the event will donate proceeds to the Chester County Food
The Brandywine Valley Summer Series will benefit the...
Students cultivate vegetables and pride in community garden
The tomatoes were ripe for the picking in the community garden planted by Oxford’s 21st Century Community Learning Center this summer. Eleventh-graders Mayra Qiuroz and Ariana Luna, along with teacher Dana Vannicola, harvested the fruits of their labor, a portion of which will be donated to the Chester County Food Bank.
OXFORD – Pride and self-sufficiency have also sprouted among the tomatoes,...
