Touch-A-Truck Food Drive
WOW! Thank you so much!
GOAL REACHED!
SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025
4TH ANNUAL TOUCH-A-TRUCK FOOD DRIVE!
Stay tuned for more details to come!
A testimony to the impact this event has on the community from Brad Peterson, Executive Director at Power Packs Project
“A few weeks ago a mother came to our Lebanon warehouse to pick up her weekly pack. She was talking to our Lebanon coordinator, Terri, and during the conversation relayed that she had just come from the grocery store. As she shops, she keeps a running tally of how much she spends so she doesn’t go over her budget. She was lamenting that when she got to the last aisle in the store she had exhausted her money and couldn’t buy eggs, which are a staple for her family. That week we had the egg donation that was received at the Touch-a-Truck event so Terri was happy to hear she could get a dozen free eggs from Power Packs that week. The woman told Terri she had made her week and walked out with her weekly pack, including the extra eggs, with a smile on her face. I will add, these are the things we see routinely. Someone who is really struggling and we offer them not just food assistance, but hope. We never know when one of these interactions will take place, but every time, it makes me appreciate what I have and drives home the importance of every single piece of food that goes out our door.” – Brad Peterson
Facts About Hunger in America
- Hunger can affect people from all walks of life. Millions of people in America are just one job loss, missed paycheck, or medical emergency away from hunger.
- According to the USDA, more than 38 million people, including 12 million children, in the United States are food insecure.
- The pandemic has increased food insecurity among families with children and communities of color, who already faced hunger at much higher rates before the pandemic.
- Every community in the country is home to families who face hunger. But rural communities are especially hard hit by hunger.
- Many households that experience food insecurity do not qualify for federal nutrition programs and visit their local food banks and other food programs for extra support
Did You Know...
Blessings of Hope...
distributed 26 million pounds of food in 2023?
Blessings of Hope...
logged in 175,000 volunteer hours at their facilities in 2023?
Arch Street Center...
is center for adults with mental health challenges that provides a safe place for them to come watch TV, read, relax, shower, play games, and participate in activities?
Arch Street Center...
hosts 40 – 60 members at time and they provide them with 3 meals day?
Power Packs Project...
serves 1900 families a week, with 1500 of those families being in Lancaster?
Power Packs Project...
served 519,000 meals in 2023 with approximately 6,000 volunteer hours and 6 full time staff members?
Thank you to the The Manheim Township Police Department , Manheim Township Fire & Rescue, West Earl Fire Department,
and West Earl Police Department for helping to raise money and food donations!
Click on the logos to learn more about each organization!
Arch Street Center is an independent non-profit offering a membership-based day program for adults living with serious mental illness. We provide a safe, caring, and judgment-free space with a focus on socialization, recreation, and empowerment. Many adults with mental health issues find themselves isolated, with few close friends or family to rely on and at a high-risk for being neglected or forgotten by the communities in which they live. At Arch Street Center members can meet with peers, form new friendships, relax, and enjoy themselves without the burden of stigma or other outside pressures. Our member as well as guests, rely on the food that is donated to ASC. Your donation will help us help them have healthy and nutritious meals every day.
Power Packs Project is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that aims to improve the mental and physical health of children by helping their parents provide nutritious meals over weekends when school breakfast and lunch programs are unavailable to them. They are in 45 schools in 13 school districts in Lancaster and 3 school districts in Lebanon with over 500 volunteers and serve over 1600 families.
Blessings of Hope is a nonprofit food dissemination center created to be a vital link in the American food chain. Large corporations can efficiently donate food through Blessings of Hope to accomplish zero food waste and give back to the global community. Producing & delivering the equivalent of 2 MILLION meals every month allows them to empower regional ministries, churches, disaster relief organizations, and food banks to serve their local communities through feeding the hungry and sharing the love of Jesus.
