Author: Zach Varner
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Shippensburg Produce Outreach-Where Thanks and Giving go Hand-in Hand (Shippensburg News-Chronicle)
With November taking shape and the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner, Jennifer Crotsley, the new executive director of SPO is about to see experience her first Thanksgiving holiday distribution, on top of the rise in food insecurity already facing hundreds in the Shippensburg community. Crotsley is no stranger to helping people. For over 20 years…
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From Pixie Dust to Produce: Faerie Festival Feeds the Community (SHIPNC)
Vibrant costumes and folktale music brightened an otherwise cloudy day on Saturday, September 27th, at the third annual Fall Faerie Festival held at Greene Township Park in Scotland. Fostering an imaginative experience, founder Kristi Eckert believes that learning is important for children, and that they “cannot learn unless they are well fed.” New to the…
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Shippensburg food pantry adds leadership role to meet growing demand (FOX43)
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Shippensburg Produce and Outreach has hired its first executive director, marking a major shift for the food pantry after 16 years of operating entirely with volunteers. Jennifer Crotsley will take over the role Sept. 1, the pantry announced this week. In a statement released on Wednesday, the organization said she was…
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Shippensburg nonprofit names executive director (Central Penn Business Journal)
Shippensburg Produce and Outreach Food Pantry has hired Jennifer Crotsley as executive director. According to a release, after 16 years as an all-volunteer food pantry, Shippensburg Produce and Outreach (SPO) hired an executive director as an investment to ensure SPO’s future serving the Shippensburg community. “I am so honored to be joining the SPO team,” Crotsley said…
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July 2026 Food & Services
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A Thanksgiving Tradition Continues (The Shippensburg News-Chronicle)
Shippensburg Produce Outreach (SPO) continued its Thanksgiving tradition of blessing families in the community with their holiday outreach of Thanksgiving boxes last week. The annual outreach is a continuation of a tradition that was started by Kings Kettle Food Pantry decades prior, with the help of donations from individuals and businesses in the Shippensburg community…
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‘A huge need’: Shippensburg’s sole food pantry combats growing demand (The Sentinel)
Despite being an agricultural area, Karen DeShong believes Shippensburg is also a “food desert.” It’s a conclusion the Shippensburg Produce and Outreach board president has drawn from a role that puts her up-close and personal with local food insecurity. “It is a area of poverty,” she said. According to Feeding America data from 2021, approximately 7.2% of Cumberland…