Fresh produce moves through CPFB's partner network to reach neighbors across central Pennsylvania

Double Your Impact During Hunger Action Month

Fresh fruits and vegetables are essential to the health and well-being of our neighbors. As the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank continues to face produce sourcing challenges, your support helps keep nutritious food moving through our partner network to neighbors across central Pennsylvania.

During Hunger Action Month, a group of generous donors is matching gifts dollar for dollar, up to $150,000. That means every $1 donated helps provide approximately 6 pounds of fresh produce.

Give today and help provide twice as much fresh food for neighbors facing hunger.

Your Gift Goes Twice as Far

$1 helps provide approximately 6 pounds of fresh produce during Hunger Action Month

Thanks to a group of generous donors, every gift will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $150,000.

Why Donate to Provide Fresh Produce?

Fresh produce is one of the clearest ways we help neighbors access not just more food, but healthier, more nutritious food. Fruits and vegetables help families prepare balanced meals, stretch limited grocery budgets, and support the health of children, seniors, and neighbors managing diet-related health needs.

Central Pennsylvania is facing a dual agricultural and economic crisis:

  • Federal funding through Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) have cut our produce sourcing budget by $170,000 each month.
  • Rising food and logistics costs have made commercial produce more expensive than ever.
  • A severe spring freeze damaged essential crops across the region. In a Pennsylvania Farm Bureau survey, 221 of 250 respondents reported being negatively impacted by the freeze, with nearly a third of the farmers facing total crop loss. Fruit crops saw the greatest impact, leading to shortages of popular choices like apples, peaches, grapes, pears, plums, cherries, and apricots.

This campaign is about more than filling a short-term gap. During Hunger Action Month, your support goes twice as far to help sustain access to fresh fruits and vegetables while strengthening the regional food system that makes this work possible.

“I would love to be able to fill a Food Bank truck, but unfortunately, we just can’t this year.”

Julie Keene, Co-Owner/Manager, Flinchbaugh's Orchard and Farm Market

Your Gift Helps Keep Fresh Produce Moving

When you donate to provide fresh produce, you help provide fruits and vegetables that neighbors can use to prepare healthy meals at home.

Your support helps:

  • Provide fresh produce to neighbors across central Pennsylvania
  • Help families stretch limited grocery budgets
  • Support healthier food access for children, seniors, and individuals managing health needs
  • Keep produce moving through CPFB’s partner network
  • Strengthen connections between local food sources and neighbors facing hunger

Thank you for helping us strengthen healthy food access and build a stronger, hunger-free community.