Special Food Handout For Bensalem Residents Only

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —The third and final special handout of food by Harvest Ministries happens Sunday.

From Noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Harvest Ministries will distribute extra food for Bensalem residents only.

Pantry coordinator Joann Jordan said the food was purchased through a Bensalem Township Community Development Block Grant.

Anyone in need is eligible to come, but residents must provide proof of address (driver's license/ID with name and address) and only one pick-up per address.

Harvest Ministries is located at Cornwells UMC 2284 Bristol Pike, across from Apollo's Pizza.

Among the food being given out is fresh produce, chicken, cheese, soda, juice, bread, and breakfast foods, among other items.

Harvest Ministries serves Bucks County and Philadelphia residents in need of healthy foods out of the Cornwells United Methodist Church at 2284 Bristol Pike. The pantry feeds 600 families a week.

Jordan said the pantry's tent took "a major beating" in a recent windstorm and "is barely holding on."

"We have been blessed with a mild winter as far as snow and ice so we are surviving thus far," Jordan said.

She said Harvest Ministries is doing paperwork to seek a variance from the township to erect a more permanent structure similar to a pavilion in a park.