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For most of the year, those who operate food pantries and soup kitchens perform a thankless task and largely go unrecognized. That is what makes our annual Hunger Fighter Awards breakfast one of our favorite events. It celebrates hundreds of emergency food providers who help to put food on the table of our neighbors in need. 

Today, we launched our latest tool in the fight against hunger: a new, mobile responvise website!

The fourth annual Philadelphia Eagles Healthy Food Drive will take place throughout November to benefit the Coalition's Green Light Pantries!

Once again, the online drive will be held on YouGiveGoods.com, which allows contributors to shop for healthy foods to donate. This unique campaign has brought more than 12,000 pounds of healthy food to the tables of our neighbors who face hunger over the last three years.

Last week, our staff took a morning off from work...to work. We spent Wednesday morning harvesting beets, carrots and collard greens at Carversville Farm Foundation in Bucks County with our friends from Rolling Harvest Food Rescue. The fruits (vegetables) of our labor were then distributed to the Green Light Pantries and other emergency food providers in the region. 

As the holiday season approaches, Thomas'® brand, ACME Markets and Giant Food Stores have pledged a portion of sales of Thomas' English Muffins, Bagels and Swirl bread products to help thousands of families put food on the table in the Philadelphia region through the Thomas' Nourishing Neighbors campaign.