At our meeting on September 24, we had two guest speakers from Norristown's Catholic Social Services, PATRICK WALSH and ELI WENGER. They came to give us an update on what the organization is doing currently in the community. Their area of concern is in food distribution to the people facing family hunger. They run a drive -thru service that distributes upwards of 350 famine packages a day . Catholic had just recently converted their food distribution to a 'choice' food market where client could choose the food items that fit their needs. With the onset of COVID-19 complications and increased demands, they had to streamline the operation and pass out pre-packaged food assortments to the stream of cars visiting their facility. They strive to maintain the relationship developing atmosphere that existed in the former set-up, but social distancing make that very difficult. What they stress , is that individuals they help, whether it be in hunger relief or other services, that what they have learned and help others in the community. They have reached about 6000 families each year.
Those interested in helping their efforts can contact them at http://www.catholicsocialservicesphilly.org
Thank you Patrick and Eli
We wish you the best in you efforts in this critical time.