Fox Chapel Area Rotary delivers food to Sharpsburg pantry
A donation of meat, eggs and produce to the St. Juan Diego Food Pantry is expected to feed about 60 needy families.
The food totaled about $500 and came from the Rotary Club of Fox Chapel Area, whose mission is marked by the motto “Service Above Self.”
Barbara George, food pantry director, said the delivery is perfect timing since volunteers are working double-time to ensure the shelves remain stocked in preparation for winter.
Founded in 1954, the food pantry is run by St. Vincent de Paul and serves about 150 families a month.
George said that translates to about 300 people who get enough food to supplement their monthly grocery budget with a box full of potatoes, pasta and peanut butter.
Food is doled out from 9 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at St. Mary Church along Penn Street.
In June, the food pantry was among three local groups to split an emergency grant to keep operations running through the covid-19 restrictions.
Nancy Speed, immediate past president of the Fox Chapel Area Rotary, joined club member Andrea Lehman to shop for the food donation and deliver it.
Fox Chapel Area Rotary celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. With 100 members, the club has traditionally raised and donated more than $20,000 a year, volunteer Tom Benic said.
In recent years, the club has donated to flood restoration at Camp Guyasuta in O’Hara and given scholarships to Fox Chapel Area and Shady Side Academy students who show leadership in the classroom and the community.
For more about the food bank, call 412-781-2866.
Tawnya Panizzi is a TribLive reporter. She joined the Trib in 1997. She can be reached at tpanizzi@triblive.com.
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