29 services in Berks County. A food pantry is a place you visit on its distribution day and leave with groceries, usually once a month. Some let you choose from the shelves; others hand you a packed box, and mobile markets bring fresh produce to a parking lot for an hour. Most follow the state income guideline for federal food and ask you to sign a form; an ID helps but is rarely required.
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Reading
Opportunity House runs the Beacon House Food Pantry at Beacon House, 821 Schuylkill Avenue, Reading, Pennsylvania, giving nutritious food to individuals and families in need. The pantry offers food…
From Opportunity House
Reading
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown runs a food pantry at 234 Grace Street in Reading, which is also its Berks County office. The pantries provide essential nourishment to individuals and…
From Catholic Charities
Reading
New Journey Community Outreach runs a client choice food pantry at 138 South 6th Street, Reading, PA 19602, where you pick out your own groceries instead of receiving the same pre-packed box as…
From New Journey Community Outreach
Douglassville
Hopewell Love Community Services holds a client choice food pantry in Douglassville on the first Wednesday of every month. At a client choice pantry, people generally pick out groceries themselves…
From Hopewell Love Community Services
Robesonia
Trinity Lutheran Church in Robesonia serves as the host site for the Conrad Weiser Food Pantry, which hands out groceries once a month. Food is distributed on the last Thursday of each month, except…
From Conrad Weiser Food Pantry at Trinity Lutheran Church
Kutztown
Friend, Inc. Community Services runs a Pet Pantry in Kutztown for dogs and cats, one of the few pantries dedicated to pets. The Pet Pantry runs in conjunction with the Northeastern Berks Food Pantry…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
READING
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel offers emergency food that you pick up at an appointment you set ahead of time. This pickup is meant for people who need emergency food. You cannot simply stop by…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
Helping Harvest's Maternal Health Program gives a box of nutritious food to people who are pregnant or who have recently given birth. It is a two-year pilot program, made possible by the Jewish…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Shoemakersville · Free and Anonymous
Keystone Military Families runs a food bank and pantry at 331 Main St. REAR, Shoemakersville, PA 19555, giving nutritious food to military families and veterans. The group lists the service as free…
From Keystone Military Families
Topton · Taking applications
Friend, Inc.’s Free Community Table offers food at St. Peter’s UCC, 122 W. Franklin Street in Topton. Enter through the back door by the parking lot. Anyone may use the table without registering or…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Reading
New Journey Community Outreach gives out food at a pop-up pantry on Fridays at 9:00 am at 138 South 6th Street in Reading. The food comes from local donations, so the amount available is limited and…
From New Journey Community Outreach
Healthy Sprouts is a Helping Harvest youth program that provides a bag of fresh foods to children in need in the City of Reading. It was first piloted in March 2010 under the name Produce 4 Kids, and…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Oley
Friedens Lutheran Church keeps a Little Free Pantry at its entrance in Oley. Anyone may take food from the box or leave food for others at any time. It is at 1076 Memorial Highway, Oley, PA 19547.…
From Oley Valley Food Pantry at Friedens Lutheran Church
Sinking Spring
Cornwall Terrace Elementary hosts a Little Pantry, a small neighborhood pantry built by local Scouts so that, as the school puts it, no neighbor goes without. Anyone can stop by to take a few items…
From Wilson School District
Mohnton
The Mifflin Community Food Ministry runs a food pantry in Mohnton for families in need in the Governor Mifflin area. It is a non-profit corporation formed in 2002 by four area churches: Zion E.C.…
From Mifflin Community Food Ministry
Countywide
Helping Harvest runs a Mobile Market Program that brings nutritious produce, dairy and meats to neighborhood sites in Berks and Schuylkill Counties, where staff and volunteers hand the food directly…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Leesport
The Schuylkill Valley Food Pantry hands out pre-packed boxes and bags of groceries from the parking lot of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Leesport on the third Saturday of every month…
From Schuylkill Valley Food Pantry
Oley
The Oley Valley Food Pantry at Friedens Lutheran Church hands out food once a month at the church in Oley, loading it into your vehicle. Distribution is always the third Wednesday of every month…
From Oley Valley Food Pantry at Friedens Lutheran Church
Kutztown
Friend, Inc. Community Services runs a food pantry at the Kempton Community Center where Albany Township residents can pick up a box of food once a month. It is open to Albany Township residents and…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
READING
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel hands out food to families in need on the last Friday of every month at 301 South 5th Street, Reading, Pennsylvania 19602. The food comes from its Food Assistance…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
Birdsboro
The Exeter BFC Food Pantry hands out boxes of food from the church parking lot in Birdsboro on the second Saturday of every month, working with Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank and with individuals…
From Exeter Bible Fellowship Church Food Pantry
Alburtis
Friend, Inc. Community Services runs the Alburtis Mobile Market, a once a month food distribution at Huff's Union Church, 540 Conrad Rd, Alburtis, in Hereford Township. It is held the first Thursday…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Kutztown
Friend, Inc. Community Services runs the Northeastern Berks Food Pantry at 60 Bieber Alley in Kutztown, where people shop their way through the aisles and choose their own food for the month. The…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Boyertown
Preston's Pantry is the food pantry of Boyertown Area Multi-Service, and it exists to provide the local community with assistance in food to those who do not have the financial means to meet their…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service
The Salvation Army Boyertown Corps runs a food pantry that hands out non-perishable essentials, the kind of shelf-stable groceries that keep at home, to families in need. The pantry is open two days…
From The Salvation Army Boyertown Corps
Helping Harvest runs a School Pantry Program that places food pantries inside schools, so students who do not have enough to eat can choose food for themselves and their families. The program is…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Kutztown · Seasonal
Friend, Inc. Community Services in Kutztown hands out a turkey and a holiday dinner box each November and December so families can put a full Thanksgiving or Christmas meal on the table. The boxes go…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Seasonal
The Salvation Army Reading Citadel gives out Thanksgiving dinners to families once a year at its Thanksgiving Distribution, held on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. In 2022, the Reading Citadel…
From The Salvation Army Reading Citadel
The Wilson Area Food Pantry hands out food inside the Community Center at West Lawn United Methodist Church. Distribution is indoors and is held the third Friday of each month from 3 to 5pm. The page…
From Wilson Area Food Pantry
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