Garden of Health Inc. Food Bank Hosted Free Food Pickup for Over 150 Cars and Received Large Donation from Rotary Club of Harleysville

Serving families and individuals with food insecurity during COVID-19

Lansdale, PA - On Thursday, June 4th at 8:30 a.m. Garden of Health Inc. Food Bank hosted a free contactless food pickup for over 150 community members in need at Lansdale Business Center. The contactless drive-thru provided each car with a dozen eggs, 10 pounds of produce and $50 worth of gluten-free food (donated from Schär USA Inc.).

“So many people in our community are in need and we are happy to be here to help. Many of the recipients expressed their thanks saying this time has been very hard for them being out of work to provide for their families,” commented Carolyn Watson, Garden of Health Inc. Food Bank Board Member.

To kick off the event, the Rotary Club of Harleysville presented a check for $13,500 to the food bank to support their ongoing efforts to provide safe food to people in need amidst COVID-19.

“From helping us with the event today to our community garden, we couldn’t be where we are now without the people of the Harleysville Rotary,” remarked Carol Bauer, founder Garden of Health Inc. Food Bank.

“We are happy to support the amazing work of Garden of Health Inc. Food Bank and are proud to present the donation to help them serve our community,” said Gary Volpe, Harleysville Rotary Club President.

As an allergen-friendly food bank, Garden of Health Inc. sources food specifically for families and individuals with celiac disease and other dietary restrictions – an underserved population at food pantries. Since the onset of COVID-19, in addition to the over 25 food pantries Garden of Health Inc. delivers to, they have also been supplying food to the Emanuel EC Church of Souderton’s meal program, Bean Bag Food Program’s Weekly Meal program, Montgomery County Anti-Hunger Network, Montgomery County Senior Adult Activities Center homeless meal program and over 100 private clients in need of special dietary foods.

Garden of Health Inc. Food Bank is dedicated to distributing gluten-free, allergen-friendly foods and produce to over 25 food pantries in Montgomery and Bucks county, Pennsylvania.