plant a row for the hungry - mercer county, pennsylvania
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P l ant a R ow f or the Hung ry
Comm u ni t i e s Harves t ing Hope
Community Food Warehouse of Mercer County, PA 109 S. Sharpsville Ave Suite A Sharon, PA 16146 www.foodwarehouse.org For more information please contact: Mimi Prada Phone: 724.981.0353 Fax: 724.981.7949 Email: [email protected]
What is Plant A Row for the Hungry?
(PAR)
Launched in 1995 by the Gar-den Writers Associated (GWA), Plant A Row for the Hungry is a people-helping people program that encourages gardeners to grow a little extra and donate the produce to food banks, soup kitchens and food pantries serv-ing the homeless and hungry in their local communities.
You can make a difference!
PAR’s mission is to provide an avenue for individuals, farms and over 84 million gardening households in the U.S. to help America’s most vulnerable citizens and the food agencies serving them.
Community Food Ware-house, a non-profit food bank is the primary source of emergency food products in Mercer County. The Ware-house sup-plies food to its 35 member agencies which in-cludes food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless and abuse shelters, after-school programs, youth centers, and residential treatment services.
The Facts
♦ Hunger is a reality for 1 in 6 Americans.
♦ 16% of Mercer County’s popu-lation is food insecure.
♦ Over 4200 households are served by Community Food Warehouse through its mem-ber agencies.
♦ 11% of clients served are sen-ior citizens; 33% are children.
♦ 480 children in 3 school dis-tricts are served by the Back-pack Program.
Community Food Warehouse of Mercer County
In 1996, the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act was passed. This law protects good-faith donors from civil and criminal liability should the do-nated product cause harm to its recipients.
Liability Protection
How You Can Help
♦ Plant a row of vegetables or fruit designated for the Plant-A-Row project.
♦ Deliver produce to the Com-munity Food Warehouse of Mercer County.
♦ Spread the word. Pass along a Plant-A-Row brochure.
♦ Plant a row of vegetables or fruit designated for the Plant-A-Row project.
♦ Call the Community Food Warehouse when it is time to harvest. We will provide you with insured volunteers for gleaning.
♦ We will either pick up your donation or you may deliver it to our warehouse.
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