Posted on 13 March 2012. Tags: Fill The Media Lab, food pantries, hunger, poverty, TownSquare bloggers
Latest news in the local war against hunger: a well-known Limerick banker throws open the doors of his business as a food drop-off point; the blogging Queen of Frugality enlists plenty of food drive help in Phoenixville, and a Pottstown women’s group plans food item collections through June.
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Posted in Business, Food, Health, Limerick, Montgomery County, People, Personal Finance, Pottstown, Social
Posted on 07 March 2012. Tags: Fill The Media Lab, food pantries, hunger, poverty, TownSquare bloggers
The real estate brokerage volunteered Tuesday to serve as a drop-off point for individuals and organizations who donate items in the “Fill The Media Lab” food drive to benefit local pantries and other charities. The Post is one of several drive sponsors.
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Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, News, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social
Posted on 01 March 2012. Tags: Fill The Media Lab, food pantries, hunger, poverty, TownSquare bloggers
The “Fill The Media Lab” food drive to benefit local pantries is only five days old, but it’s off to a roaring start. Twenty different locations have been enlisted as drop-off sites. Pet food and supplies, as well as laundry detergent, are being collected too. And Post readers have so far donated 60 food items.
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Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottsgrove Schools, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social
Posted on 28 February 2012. Tags: Fill The Media Lab, food pantries, hunger, poverty, TownSquare bloggers
A cash contribution left in an envelope kicked off The Post’s participation in the “Fill The Media Lab” campaign to help stock local food pantries by April 7 with 20,000 food items. We’ve asked our readers for help. They’re already responding!
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Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social
Posted on 27 February 2012. Tags: Fill The Media Lab, food pantries, hunger, poverty, TownSquare bloggers
More than ever, food pantries across our area are in desperate need of help in assisting those less fortunate to put a meal on their families’ tables. The Mercury newspaper, The Posts, and other local news sites and bloggers are working together to meet that need. And we’re asking for readers’ help.
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Posted in Business, Food, Health, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Social
Posted on 21 November 2009. Tags: Amity PA, Douglass, Douglassville, Gilbertsville, homelessness, Non-Profit, North Coventry, Pennsylvania, Personal Finance, Pottstown, poverty, Shack-a-thon Unplugged, Stowe
DOUGLASSVILLE PA – When groups of youths arrive today (Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009) in Douglassville, for what the Rev. Joe Motz hopes will be an exercise that changes their lives, they probably will have come from warm beds, washed in hot showers, dressed comfortably, and filled their stomachs with breakfast. When they go home Sunday, [...]
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Posted in Health, Religion