Eighty large grocery bags stood at attention on two adjoining tables inside the New Britain Baptist Church Food Larder, their contents peeking out of the tops much like combat soldiers lifting their eyes to the rim of a foxhole. Boxes of pasta and packets of rice, and cans of beans, vegetables, and soup, boxed packets of instant hot chocolate and more on standby, prepared to fend off winter’s chill for food insecure families and individuals throughout the community.
The shelf life of the sustenance carries with it an expiration date. So, too, and sadly, does the married couple there that has served as the driving force behind feeding the hungry in and around Central Bucks for nearly a quarter-century.