Hope United Methodist Church

1108 Steel RoadHavertown, PA 19083

Gigi Tevlin-MoffatDirector

Narberth Community Food Bank

Unemployment rate: 8.1% Food insecurity rate: 12.5%

• Child food insecurity rate: 20.3% Poverty rate:12.4%

• Child poverty rate: 17.3%

Identify community need Clarify response to need Type of pantry Guidelines, expectations, policies Community awareness, outreach Volunteers Resources Funding

• Meals• Groceries • Clothing• Training and education• Other gaps in public services

Shopping pantry Shopping list pantry

Establish hours• Define emergency responses (outside

established hours) Guest Sign-In (image)

Example: no cash gifts, but provide access to community representatives (utilities)

Frequency of non-food items Office hours and documentation

Recruit outward from your organization Reach out to political leadership Local religious institutions Local public and private schools and

universities Local businesses Community groups (Lions, Rotary, etc.) Publicity (local paper, civic association,

social media)

Take every volunteer Find their niche Flexible about hours (set up, clean

up, office hours, deliveries, outreach)

Local generosity, while sincere, can experience fatigue

External funding will become necessary

Balance sheet: resources in vs. expenditures out

Pros/cons of becoming a separate 501c3

Community Action Agency of Delaware Country (http://www.caadc.org/)

Darby District845 Main StreetDarby, PA 19023• Phone: 610-461-3800• FAX: 610-461-3900• LIHEAP 610-447-3099

Delco Interfaith Food Assistance Network (http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/humanservices/emgfood.html)• Many other resources at the country site

above Philabundance

(www.philabundance.org/) Local and state grants

Recap