New Love Center Fill-a-Bag Food Drive is ready to help those in need

RecordStaffDecember 9, 2022Last Updated: December 9, 2022

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From the left, New Love Center Pantry Choice Manager and Administrative Assistant Sarah Kelchner, Terrapin Care Station Customer Care Managers Cortney Cummings and Blake Marsh, Crossroads Church Jersey Shore campus pastor Jamie Bailey.

JERSEY SHORE, PA – Price increases over these past months on gasoline, heating oil, groceries, and just about everything else have dramatically impacted people already on the edge of food insecurity. But The New Love Center is ready to do its part when it comes to food through its Fill-a-Bag Food Drive.

Sarah Kelchner, the organization’s pantry choice manager and administrative assistant, said “Through the help of our friends at West Pharmaceuticals, First Quality, Terrapin, Crossroads Church, and many other organizations and churches in our community, we have received approximately 8,427 pounds, including non-perishable food items and hams.”

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She said if you or someone you know is in need, please call or stop by one of the organization’s food distributions. “Please check our website: thnewlovecenter.com for more information on food distribution dates/times.”

Kelchner also said The New Love Center invites you to assist them by giving your time by volunteering, giving nonperishable food or financial support at its website or by mail; The New Love Center, Where the Love of God Provides for All. mailing address: P.O. Box 504, Jersey Shore, PA 17740, physical address; 263 Henry Street, Jersey Shore, PA, 570-244-8838.