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Blessed Sacrament Students Give
Posted: 2/1/2012 12:06:05 PM
Students and faculty at Blessed Sacrament School recently held their annual mission auction to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA. Blessed Sacrament students Angeline Kurczewski, Evan Sala, Alexandra Velez and Karson Fomich presented Second Harvest Executive Director Karen Seggi with a check for $400.
E.C.C.U Supports Backpack Program
Posted: 1/16/2012 3:00:56 PM
The Erie Community Credit Union teamed up again with the Second Harvest Food Bank to help feed children in Erie.
Many kids in Erie city schools depend on school lunches for their daily nutrition and when the weekend comes, many go hungry. The Second Harvest’s BackPack program gives Erie school kids a backpack full of healthy food for the weekend.
Commercials aired on JET 24 encouraging Erie residents to drop off the specific food items needed to fill the packs at Erie Community Credit Union branches. The Credit Union recently presented 119 pounds of food and a check in the amount $1,213.00 to the Second Harvest Food Bank.
l to r: Pam Palotas, Marketing, Erie Community Credit Union; Karen Seggi, Executive Director, Second Harvest Food Bank
Thanksgiving Turkey Drive And Erie Insurance
Posted: 12/7/2011 2:02:24 PM
Erie Insurance Agents and Employees join CEO Terry Cavanaugh in Founders Hall to present a check for $1,000 to the Thanksgiving Turkey Drive. From left: Erie Branch Vice President and Manager Marc Cipriani; Executive Director of Second Harvest Food Bank of NWPA Karen Seggi; Thanksgiving Turkey Drive Chairman Rick Hinman; Agent Bob Lafaro of Mantsch-Lafaro Insurance Agency; Dennis Bort of Bort Insurance Services; President and CEO Terry Cavanaugh.
Highmark Grants $25,000 To Backpack Program
Posted: 12/5/2011 12:30:00 PM
Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA recently received a $25,000 grant from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. The grant will benefit the weekend BackPack Program in City of Erie elementary schools for the 2011-12 academic year. The BackPack Program provides nutritious foods to children from low-income families to help tide them over the weekends when school and after-school feeding programs are not available. Schools funded by the grant are Jefferson, JoAnna Connell, McKinley, Perry, Pfeiffer-Burleigh and Wayne Elementary Schools.
Citizens Bank Funds Thanksgiving Mobiles
Posted: 12/5/2011 12:23:47 PM
Through a grant from the Citizens Bank Charitable Foundation, Second Harvest conducted our second Thanksgiving mobile food pantry. A frozen turkey and all the usual trimmings were distributed at three locations. Managers and employees from Citizens took a personal interest in the project, and volunteered to pack the food in advance as well as volunteered at the distributions. 433 families in Erie, Meadville and Oil City were able to enjoy a home-cooked traditional Thanksgiving dinner because of Citizens Bank. The mobile food pantries took place within a week of Thanksgiving at Citizens Bank locations in Erie and Oil City as well as a Giant Eagle location in Meadville.
Hockey For The Hungry
Posted: 12/1/2011 2:55:15 PM
The Erie Otters Hockey team held its Hockey for the Hungry food drive over the course of two games that collected 2,502 pounds of food and $1,000.00 for Second Harvest Food Bank. The hockey games were sponsored by State Farm Insurance and Greenfield Basket Factory, Inc. Pictured (L-R) are: Shawn Waskiewicz, Erie Otters Assistant General Manager; State Farm Agent Linda Marsden; Karen Seggi, executive director of Second Harvest; the Erie Otter Mascot; State Farm Agent Todd Powers; State Farm Agent Chris Wertz.
Beekeepers Turn Honey To Money
Posted: 11/8/2011 7:38:40 AM
The NW PA Association of Beekeepers recently met at Crowley's Restaurant to welcome the 2011 American Honey Queen and the 2011 Pennsylvania Honey Queen. During the dinner, a check for $560 was presented to the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA. Local beekeepers sold their produced honey in order to raise funds for Second Harvest.
