Urgent Need: The Safety Net is Breaking!

3.5% Cover the Fee

This fund is for collecting monetary donations for Helping Harvest ($1 can purchase $20 worth of food.)

Dear Members of Trinity. Right now, the safety net is breaking!

  • Helping Harvest lost $3M in federal funding—15% of their capacity

  • Pennsylvania's budget impasse has frozen critical state funding.

  • Most alarmingly, SNAP benefits are not being distributed in November, while utility assistance programs have also disappeared.

  • Berks County just recorded its highest homeless count ever.

Families who were managing are now in crisis. Local pantries are already experiencing the surge of new clients.

Trinity will be collecting monetary donations for Helping Harvest (1$ can purchase $20 worth of food. Make sure to earmark your donation for Helping Harvest.) For those who like to bring in tangible offerings, we will also collect food donations that will be shared with New Journey Community Outreach. 

If you'd like to join the effort to ensure children and families are fed, we will gratefully accept donations of the following:

Rice (long grain white rice, 2-4 pound bags)

Cereal of all kinds

Shelf stable milk

Oatmeal

Peanut butter and jelly

Pasta and pasta sauce

Black beans

Red Beans

Canned mixed vegetables, corn, peas, string beans

Chunky Soups (not condensed)

Donations can be dropped off in the bin in the Narthex on Sunday, or at the Bard House during regular office hours.