Category: News
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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…
