Chester County donates $20K to Food Bank

Larry Welsh, Executive Director of the Chester County Food Bank; County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone; Norm Horn, Director of Advancement at the Chester County Food Bank; County Commissioners’ Chair Terence Farrell; Raina Ainslie, Chester County Food Bank Raised Bed Garden Manager; and Bob McNeil, Founding Chairman of the Chester County Food Bank. GLENMOORE — The Chester County Commissioners recently...

Good Stuff is BACK…all-stars to academics, Chesco has good stuff to share!

Starting Chester County’s summer season with a smile…who do YOU know in this week’s Good Stuff? Got good stuff to share? Email your submissions to kim@chescotimes.com and be a part of the fun! Pomp and Circumstance…Congratulations to Shawn Mengel Coatesville Area High’s 2015 Valedictorian… This leading ‘Red Raider’ will begin roaring with the Drexel University...

La Comunidad grows 182 lbs of food for Chesco Food Bank

La Comunidad Hispana in Kennett Square was able to raise some 182 pounds of food for the Chester County Food Bank, thanks to the hard work of volunteers such as Carin Bonifacino and José Lopez Zamudio, among others. KENNETT SQUARE — Two La Comunidad Hispana Community Garden Beds grew 182 pounds of food in connection with the Chester County Food Bank’s raised garden bed program. LCH operated the...

Hunger to help needy sets up donation

Chester County Food Bank, volunteers gratefully accept  Wegmans’ bounty By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The Chester County Food Bank was the site of a massive, high-energy assembly line as more than 30 volunteers sorted a giant food donation from Wegmans. At first glance, the energetic crew efficiently exchanging cartons and banter at the Chester County Food Bank looked like...

Chester County Women’s Commission bestows awards

Recipients range from veteran social-service role models to student volunteers By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times   Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell introduces Empowered Young Woman award-winner Christine Luczka (right). She is joined by Jeannine McCullough, vice chair of the Chester County Women’s Commission. A distinguished roster of female honorees received well-deserved...

First Niagara supports Chester County Food Bank

Financial group delivers $10,000 to assist with feeding hungry First Niagara’s Allan Burkley (from left) poses with Robert MacNeil, board chairman of the Chester County Food Bank; Larry Welsch, its executive director; and Bob Kane, First Niagara’s eastern Pennsylvania regional president. First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. announced in a news release that it recently gave a $10,000 grant to the...

Patton students continue to serve those in need

Patton Project expands to include high tunnels for feeding hungry in Chester County; sewing blankets for hospital-bound children By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times It’s finished! Patton students (left to right) Rebecca Peakes, Taryn Thompson, Leah Narun, Sophia Kolliopoulos, Helen Nichols, Lara Jensen, Ariana Birney, and Natalie Pechin proudly show off their completed quilt as part...

Ambitious appetite prompts Food Bank move

Chester County nonprofit’s plethora of produce, volunteers outgrows space By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Larry Welsch, executive director of the Chester County Food Bank, surveys some of the current office space, which features overflow storage on the floor. When the Chester County Food Bank rose from the ashes of its bankrupt predecessor in 2009, it did so with an ambitious...

Growth spurt happening on multiple levels at Modena business

Energy Independence Day Festival expanding – along with Mogreena Garden Project By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The creative folks in Modena who turned recycling into a successful business venture have taken the same approach to celebrations: Expand and innovate. On Sunday, Waste Oil Recyclers will host its Fifth Annual Energy Independence Day Festival at its four-acre complex...

Benefactor’s largesse: from soup to nuts

Wegmans steps up to fill Food Bank’s bare cupboards By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A high-energy crew of Wegmans employees formed an assembly line inside the warehouse of the Chester County Food Bank, where they sorted the donation of 18,000 pounds of food. The crew of about 15 employees from Wegmans’ Downingtown supermarket demonstrated well-honed skills, juggling cartons,...