ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Blair County Food Drive is expanding, now planning to accept donations at three different locations.
While expanding the food drive is expected to have a positive impact, the reason for the change is because there’s a growing number of people in the area in need of support.
“There are a lot of families that are having to choose between, ‘Do we pay for our rent? Do we pay utilities? Do we put food on the table? What about medicine?’” said Denice Stone, founder of the Blair County Food Drive.
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The food drive supports 26 different nonprofit groups:
- 28th Street Food Pantry.
- Hollidaysburg Tiger Pack Program.
- Overflow Church Community Meals.
- St. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen.
- Altoona Mt. Lion Backpack Program.
- Gloria Gates Memorial Foundation.
- Ivy Side Eats.
- St. Luke’s Food Pantry.
- The Fathers House Soup Kitchen.
- Claysburg Backpack Program.
- Roaring Spring Food Pantry.
- American Rescue Workers.
- Dorothy Day Outreach Center.
- Home Nursing Agency.
- City Blessings.
- Women’s Domestic Abuse Shelter.
- The Lion’s Pantry.
- Teeen Shelter.
- Family Resource Center Blair County.
- Blair Family Solutions.
- Roaring Spring Library Food Pantry.
- Claysburg Food Pantry.
- Martinsburg Food Pantry.
- Reaping Food Ministries.
- Assumption Chapel Food Pantry.
According to organizers with the food drive, the donations from the community support a large number of people getting food from these nonprofits, covering all age groups from infants to senior citizens…