513 services in Berks County. The programs in Berks County that help with food, rent, bills, health care, legal trouble, a ride, child care or a benefit, and how to reach each one.
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West Reading
The Borough of West Reading offers an optional payment program, the Budget Payment Plan, for residential customers who find it hard to fit the quarterly water, sewer and refuse bill into their…
From Borough of West Reading
PPL Electric Utilities runs OnTrack, a program for customers who need help with their electric bill. It replaces your regular bill with fixed monthly payments and forgives part of a past due balance.…
From PPL Electric Utilities
UGI Utilities runs the Operation Share Energy Fund, which gives energy assistance grants to UGI customers who have trouble paying their heating bills. The fund has done this since 1983 and became a…
From UGI Utilities
Reading
The Reading Area Water Authority can put customers who need more time to pay a water bill balance on a payment plan. You call the Customer Service Department, review your balance with a customer…
From Reading Area Water Authority
Countywide
Dollar Energy Fund handles enrollment in the FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Customer Assistance Program, known as PCAP, for customers of Met-Ed, Penn Power, Penelec and West Penn Power. PCAP is designed to…
From Dollar Energy Fund
Countywide
Met-Ed offers short-term help through its Customer Assistance & Referral Evaluation Services program to residential customers who have fallen behind on their electric bill because of a temporary…
From Met-Ed
Reading
Muhlenberg Township Authority takes 10% off the sewer bill for seniors who apply and are approved. Only one 10% sewer discount applies per household. The discount takes place on the bill following…
From Muhlenberg Township Authority
Countywide
Berks County Public Libraries lends portable Wi-Fi hotspots that cardholders can check out from select library locations and use to get online at home or away from home. You need a Berks County…
From Berks County Public Libraries
Reading
Reading Public Library lends out Wi-Fi hotspot kits, called RPL HotSpots, so you can get online at home with a tablet, laptop or other Wi-Fi-enabled device. If you have a library card, you can check…
From Reading Public Library
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, its Berks County office, for people who do not have enough to eat. Its food pantries provide essential…
From Catholic Charities
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
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
Reading
New Journey Community Outreach runs a client choice food pantry in Reading, and you call 610-375-2662 to schedule an appointment to use it. The page gives few details about the pantry itself, so ask…
From New Journey Community Outreach
Boyertown
The Salvation Army Boyertown Corps runs a food pantry that gives out non-perishable essentials, the kind of shelf-stable groceries that keep at home, to families in need. Food is handed out two days…
From The Salvation Army Boyertown Corps
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 · Taking applications
The LGBT Center of Greater Reading runs a food pantry that gives out free shelf-stable food to LGBTQ+ people and their allies who need it. The pantry is open on the first and third Friday of every…
From LGBT Center of Greater Reading
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 program of Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank that gives 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…
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 · Taking applications
Friend, Inc. Community Services runs the Northeastern Berks Food Pantry at 60 Bieber Alley in Kutztown, where families shop the aisles and choose their own groceries for the month. The pantry is open…
From Friend, Inc. Community Services
Friend, Inc. Community Services runs a Pet Pantry in Kutztown that gives out food for dogs and cats, one of the few pantries in the area dedicated to pets. The Pet Pantry runs at the same time as 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
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
Countywide
SNAP, formerly called food stamps, helps Pennsylvanians buy groceries with an EBT Card, and you can apply through your local county assistance office, which in Berks County is the Berks County…
From Berks County Assistance Office
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
Reading
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres serves culturally appropriate nutritional daily meals to older adults at Mama Angie's Casa de la Amistad Senior Center, 25 N. 2nd Street in Reading, where people also…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Countywide · Seasonal
The Berks County Area Agency on Aging offers Farmers Market Nutrition Program checks, which people who qualify can use to buy food from farmers. The program begins June 1st, and checks are available…
From Berks County Area Agency on Aging
Countywide
Maternal and Family Health Services runs WIC nutrition centers in 17 Pennsylvania counties, including Reading and greater Berks County, and gives people enrolled in WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition…
From Maternal and Family Health Services
Boyertown · Taking applications
The Salvation Army Boyertown Corps serves a free lunch to anyone who wants to come, Monday through Wednesday from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. The meal is open to all who would like to attend. The page does…
From The Salvation Army Boyertown Corps
Countywide · Waiting list
Helping Harvest runs the Senior Food Box Program, which provides a box of food every month to more than 2,100 low-income senior citizens. The box is a supplement to what you normally buy, meant to…
From Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank
Seasonal
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres takes part in the Summer Food Service Program, a federally funded program that provides free, nutritious meals to children and teens during the summer months when school…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Countywide · Seasonal
The Summer Food Service Program, run nationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered in Pennsylvania by the Department of Education, provides free, nutritious meals to children when…
From Pennsylvania Department of Education
Reading · Free Community Lunch Program
New Journey Community Outreach runs a Free Community Lunch Program that serves warm, nutritious meals to individuals and families facing hunger in Reading. It is meant for anyone who needs it…
From New Journey Community Outreach
Reading
Hope Rescue Mission serves three meals a day to the men staying in its emergency shelter programs at 645 North Sixth Street in Reading. The meals come with a shelter bed rather than as a separate…
From Hope Rescue Mission
Reading
Centro Hispano Daniel Torres is the vendor in the city of Reading that provides meals on wheels for seniors who are home-bound, meaning meals are brought to seniors where they live rather than served…
From Centro Hispano Daniel Torres
Countywide
Berks Encore runs Meals on Wheels Berks County, which delivers meals to the homes of older adults who are unable to prepare their own food because of physical limitations. Along with the meal, a…
From Berks Encore
Boyertown Area Multi-Service runs Meals on Wheels, which brings a hot noon meal, and an optional cold evening meal, to people who are 60 years and older, homebound, and disabled and/or unable to shop…
From Boyertown Area Multi-Service