Last Updated: 11/3/2025 On Nov. 3 after two separate federal court rulings, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed it would use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funds to allow states to issue partial November benefits during the government shutdown. The administration shared there would be delays in getting November SNAP benefits to recipients, although [...]
CPFB News Our Harrisburg Volunteers are Coming Home! We are excited to announce that very soon, we will be welcoming our amazing volunteers back to our Harrisburg Healthy Food Hub—our home for over 30 years! This move will allow us to save over $500,000 annually, equating to more than 2 million [...]
August 20, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK LAUNCHES A PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH Current CEO Joe Arthur to stay on as part of a Succession Plan HARRISBURG, Pa. (August 20, 2024) – The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, an innovative leader in the charitable food network statewide and nationally, today announced a search [...]
Food Bank also announces officers for the Board of Directors The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank recently appointed three new members to its Board of Directors. They will serve 2-year terms. Dr. Oralia Dominic is the Medical Policy Research Analyst and Chief Medical Officer at Highmark Inc. As a Board member, she will serve on [...]
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank Receives $7,500 Grant To Support Youth Programs in Berwick HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank recently received a $7,500 grant from the Community Giving Foundation: Berwick to support youth programs at its partner agencies in the Berwick area. “We are incredibly thankful to the Community Giving Foundation: Berwick [...]
Grant will support child hunger programs in central Pennsylvania Sheetz for the Kidz visits the Boys and Girls Club of Harrisburg this summer. The Boys and Girls Club was one of the summer feeding sites that partnered with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in the summer of 2022 and is supported by the Sheetz for [...]
White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition & Health On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the White House will convene a conference about food insecurity for the first time in 50 years. You may view the live-streamed White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health by registering online. Over the past several months, the Biden-Harris Administration [...]
Crunch's journey is ending! As we have shared, the journey from farm to table requires the help of us all! With your donations, the help of volunteers and partner pantries, healthy, wholesome foods make their way to the tables of thousands of central Pennsylvanians. The final stop, at one of our partner pantries is the [...]
Six days a week, the apple-solutely (😊) awesome volunteers sort hundreds of thousands of pounds of food. Sorting through the food ensures that every box will be filled with only the most wholesome, healthy, and safe foods. Once sorted, the volunteers pack 2,000 shelf stable boxes each week! These boxes are full of cereal, [...]
When we last left Crunch and the Produce Pals they were on their way to Central Pennsylvania Food Bank’s Healthy Food Hubs. Getting food from the farm to the table requires the help of a team of volunteers, donors, and employees! By donating to the Food Bank, you join the team helping Crunch, and other [...]
