The Grace Food Cupboard is dedicated to providing food assistance to needy families residing within the East Penn School District. Food distributions are held from 2 pm to 4 pm on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month. Signs are posted to direct you where to park and which door to use to pick up your your food. The Food Cupboard is also open on Sundays immediately following the worship service (approximately 11:30 am). The Grace Food Cupboard is open next on Wednesday September 9 and Wednesday September 23.
How you may help this ministry:
1. Donate non-perishable foods. You may drop items off at church on any Sunday morning, at the church office from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Monday - Thursday, or from 8 am to 1 pm on Friday, or call the office to see if another time can be arranged. Please donate ONLY food - we are not taking used clothing, furniture, etc. Current items needed: canned tuna, boxed cereal
2. Donate to the Food Cupboard via Venmo: go to GLC Venmo and put "Food Cupboard" in the "note" section.
3. VOLUNTEER! At this time, we need volunteers for the distribution every other Wednesday. We are also looking for additional help with monthly shopping for food bag items. Each month, shoppers are asked to purchase a quantity (usually between 60-70 units) of a specific item such as canned tuna, soup, pasta, etc. Then, they bring the purchases to the church by the 3rd Sunday of the month and present receipts for full reimbursement. Food insecurity in our area continues to grow, so the need is great. If you are willing and able to spend a little time helping with Grace's Food Ministry in any way, please call or text Betsy Repash at 443-624-2750. Thank you!
Thank you to our volunteers: Thanks to Ken and Mary Schaeffer and Pat and John Smack for all they have done and continue to do to run this wonderful ministry; thank you to all our wonderful regular volunteers and supporters as well. MANY thanks to our generous food donors - Weis Emmaus, "Dough to Door" via Weis in Macungie, Holy Spirit Lutheran in Emmaus, and the Bread Ministry of Emmaus. A special thank you also to Solomon's UCC and Faith Presbyterian. What a great feeling to know the difference this ministry makes in people's lives!
History of this this ministry: The Grace Food Cupboard started in June 2020, when the Zionsville Food Pantry, because of the pandemic, needed a way to distribute those food donations that were not deemed necessary to meet the government requirements. They called Grace, and we moved crates of items like cake mixes, spices, tomatoes, potatoes, cooking oil, beans, pudding, drinks, snacks, odd vegetables, colored pasta, etc. to our chapel hallway. However, we soon realized that we needed more nutritious food for our clients. So we asked members and friends to donate canned meats and pasta meals, peanut butter, and other items so our clients could make better choices.
At that time, the Grace Food Cupboard evolved into a drive-up distribution on Tuesday and Friday of the last full week of the month, where anyone in the congregation or community could come and receive two pre-packed bags of groceries. The bags contain cereal, peanut butter, jelly, canned fruit, two cans of vegetables, a box of mac and cheese, pasta and sauce, two cans of beans, a meal helper, canned meat, a canned pasta meal, and snacks. Beginning in February of 2022, the distribution dates and times changed to every Wednesday. In October 2025, the dates changed to the twice-monthly Wednesday schedule listed above.
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