Shirley McMarlin | Tribune-Review
The little food pantry in the South Pennsylvania Avenue parklet is one of three in the city.
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People tend to stay indoors more in the winter, but Rick Steele is hoping folks will take a walk to one of Greensburg’s three little food pantries to drop off a few supplies.
The need is just as great in cold weather as it is in warm weather, said Steele, president of Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department, whose junior firefighters founded the program in 2019.
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Employee, Jason Panella, helps load boxes of food into Duquesne Light employees’ vehicles to be distributed at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne.
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Like so many other activities and events over the past 10 months, the covid pandemic has impacted volunteer opportunities Monday on the National Day of Service, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Colleges and universities in the region that might have volunteer opportunities for students and staff on National Day of Service are not in session. Universities starting online this month or resuming classes in February are holding their volunteer initiatives next month.
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Hundreds of vehicles lined up for the Farmers to Families food distribution program conducted by the Westmoreland County Food Bank and Turner’s Dairy, in July at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds in Mt. Pleasant Township. The federal program, Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, helped purchase the goods that were distributed.
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Like so many other activitities and events over the past 10 months, the covid pandemic has affected volunteer opportunities at the National Day of Service on Monday, the national holiday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.