Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Philly Gives initiative kicked off Wednesday at the 6abc studios, launching a community-driven campaign to support 10 local ...
Bagels, hummus, carrots and peppers are all on the menu in Bonnie Stright's first-grade classroom at Andrew Hamilton School on Monday morning. "I can really see a difference in the children where they ...
Members of the Mantua Urban Peace Garden squeeze in just about every crop they can cultivate: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuces, herbs, strawberries, potatoes, beans, and watermelons. But only ...
Nearly 42 million people in the U.S. count on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP, for food. All are at risk of that support vanishing or, at the very least, ...
As the status of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits remains in flux amid the government shutdown, Philadelphia officials have published a plan to try to connect affected residents, ...
With no new federal budget in sight, millions of Pennsylvania families could go without food aid next month as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, most commonly called SNAP benefits, could ...
About one in eight Americans receives federal food aid, and in Philadelphia, that number is more like one in three. Now, due to the government shutdown, officials say those payments for food won't be ...
As the rain crashed down in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood Thursday morning, dozens of residents lined up outside the Lutheran Settlement House. The food bank is now serving double the number of ...