hours: -> Mondays: 5 - 7PM to accommodate the working poor / Wednesdays: 9 AM to noon

name: Bernardine Center -> Bernardine Center ~ Food Cupboard

notes: We provide a helping hand to low-income Chester residents by distributing emergency or supplemental food and supplies. We also offer educational, spiritual and advocacy programs to help clients build better lives for themselves, their families and communities. All the ministries of the BernardineCenter are rooted in Franciscan hospitality and the social teachings of our Catholic Christian tradition. The BernardineCenter is a 501c3 non profit organization, incorporated September 21, 1991. ---------------------------------------------------------- This facility is a member agency of the Philabundance Food Bank. See record: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/2777 -> We provide a helping hand to low-income Chester residents by distributing emergency or supplemental food and supplies. We also offer educational, spiritual and advocacy programs to help clients build better lives for themselves, their families and communities. All the ministries of the BernardineCenter are rooted in Franciscan hospitality and the social teachings of our Catholic Christian tradition. The BernardineCenter is a 501c3 non profit organization, incorporated September 21, 1991. The Bernardine Center was founded in February 1986 by the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters to help address the many challenges of low-income Chester residents. Opened as an Emergency Food Cupboard, the Center designed the model Super Cupboard program in 1987. This program seeks to break the cycle of poverty and dependence for low-income mothers by providing weekly sessions that include nutrition education and life skills workshops. The Super Cupboard model has been copied extensively throughout Pennsylvania. Throughout the years, the Center has provided targeted programming to address short-term needs, and help provide for the long-term needs of the families and individuals seeking our help. The Center has been a member of The Greater Philadelphia Food Bank since its inception, and is a founding member of the Interfaith Coalition of Food Centers of Delaware County. ---------------------------------------------------------- This facility is a member agency of the Philabundance Food Bank. See record: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/2777

parish: Chester -> Delaware
main_phone: -> 610-497-3225
notes: Philabundance is the region’s largest food rescue organization. In fiscal 2006, we distributed 26 million pounds of food. We serve low income residents at risk of hunger and malnutrition, of which 23% are children and 16% are senior citizens. Philabundance distributes food through a network of more than 600 member agencies throughout the Delaware Valley. These agencies include food cupboards, neighborhood distributions, shelters, emergency kitchens and various social service agencies with special programs such as daycares and senior centers. The agencies serve people in need in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in PA, and in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer and Salem counties in NJ. Currently, Philabundance distributes food to member agencies through the following distribution systems: *Orders for items on the weekly Philabundance Food Bank menu that can be delivered or picked up at the Berks location. *Items picked up from the Walk Through shopping area at the Berks location. *Produce delivered weekly. *Produce picked up from local hub distributions. Member agencies pay shared maintenance as well as delivery fees for the food they receive from the Food Bank. Agencies may also apply for the Produce Program to either receive a weekly delivery or come to a produce hub distribution; the Produce Program is free and agencies that apply are added to a waitlist for the next available space. In 2005, Philabundance integrated with the Philadelphia Food Bank to become the region's largest nonprofit hunger relief organization. Today, Philabundance offers a full plate of services to Delaware Valley residents at risk of chronic hunger and malnutrition. Philabundance provides food if and when a disaster strikes. During the Hurricane Katrina aftermath Philabundance was the fourth largest provider of food to the Gulf. -> We provide a helping hand to low-income Chester residents by distributing emergency or supplemental food and supplies. We also offer educational, spiritual and advocacy programs to help clients build better lives for themselves, their families and communities. All the ministries of the BernardineCenter are rooted in Franciscan hospitality and the social teachings of our Catholic Christian tradition. The BernardineCenter is a 501c3 non profit organization, incorporated September 21, 1991. ---------------------------------------------------------- This facility is a member agency of the Philabundance Food Bank. See record: http://www.citizencommandcenter.org/shelters/show/2777
organization: Food Pantry -> Food Pantry/Community Outreach
website: http://www.philabundance.org/ -> http://www.bernardinecenter.org/
client_contact_name: Philabundance ->
client_contact_address: 3616 South Galloway Street • PO Box 37555 • Philadelphia, PA 19148 ->
client_contact_phone: (215) 339-0900 ->
areas_served: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in PA; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer and Salem counties in NJ. ->
mission: Philabundance works to end hunger and malnutrition in the Delaware Valley by acquiring food and distributing it through organizations serving people in need. ->
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parish: Bucks, Chester, Deleware, Montgomery & Philadelphia in PA; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer & Salem in NJ -> Chester
region: -> Delaware Valley