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Hope United Methodist Church
1108 Steel RoadHavertown, PA 19083
Gigi Tevlin-MoffatDirector
Narberth Community Food Bank
Unemployment rate: 8.1% Food insecurity rate: 12.5%
• Child food insecurity rate: 20.3% Poverty rate:12.4%
• Child poverty rate: 17.3%
Identify community need Clarify response to need Type of pantry Guidelines, expectations, policies Community awareness, outreach Volunteers Resources Funding
• Meals• Groceries • Clothing• Training and education• Other gaps in public services
Shopping pantry Shopping list pantry
Establish hours• Define emergency responses (outside
established hours) Guest Sign-In (image)
Example: no cash gifts, but provide access to community representatives (utilities)
Frequency of non-food items Office hours and documentation
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)
Take every volunteer Find their niche Flexible about hours (set up, clean
up, office hours, deliveries, outreach)
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
Community Action Agency of Delaware Country (http://www.caadc.org/)
Darby District845 Main StreetDarby, PA 19023• Phone: 610-461-3800• FAX: 610-461-3900• LIHEAP 610-447-3099
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
Recap