Harvest Seasonal Grill Launches Give.Love.Serve to Help Fight Food Insecurity With Local Organizations

This November, Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar is taking its farm-to-table philosophy beyond the restaurant and bringing it directly to local families who could use a helping hand.

Through GIVE. LOVE. SERVE., a new community initiative with the campaign message "Farm to Family," Harvest restaurants in Glen Mills, Newtown, and Moorestown, NJ, will each partner with a local nonprofit or community organization serving families experiencing food insecurity or financial hardship.

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Each participating Harvest restaurant will provide two local families with dinner for four for five days, giving 8 families across three communities something many of us take for granted: a full workweek without worrying about what is for dinner.

In total, Harvest chefs will prepare 40 family dinners, representing approximately 160 individual dinner portions, during the month of November.

"Harvest has always been about more than what we put on a plate. It is about where our food comes from, the people who grow it, the communities we serve, and bringing people together around the table," said Dave Magrogan, owner of Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar. "GIVE. LOVE. SERVE. is a natural extension of that philosophy. We have kitchens, talented chefs, incredible farm partners, and teams who genuinely care about their communities. If we can use those resources to make life a little easier for a family going through a difficult time, that is exactly what we should be doing."

Harvest has built its identity around seasonal cooking, thoughtfully sourced ingredients, and relationships with local and regional farmers and purveyors. GIVE. LOVE. SERVE. extends that philosophy from farm to restaurant to family.

Each local nonprofit partner will identify two families in its community who could benefit from the program. Harvest will not accept applications or determine financial need, allowing organizations that already know and serve their communities to handle the process while protecting participating families' privacy and dignity.

Each family will receive five chef-prepared dinners, appropriately portioned for four people, along with simple reheating instructions and a personal note from the Harvest team.

Recipient families will remain anonymous unless they independently choose to share their experience.

"Hospitality, at its core, is taking care of people," added Magrogan. "We serve thousands of guests every week but GIVE. LOVE. SERVE. gives our teams another opportunity to ask, 'Who in our community could use some hospitality right now?' Sometimes taking one thing off someone's plate means putting something good on it."

Three restaurants. Four local partners. One shared purpose. Participating Harvest locations and community partners include:

Glen Mills, PA 549 Wilmington Pike. Glen Mills, PA partners with two groups: Greenhouse Project and Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry.

Greenhouse Project walks alongside struggling individuals and families in Chester, PA, building meaningful relationships and strong community through free addiction recovery, food outreach, youth mentorship, faith groups, and family support. Rooted in faith, dignity, and hope, our team creates safe spaces where neighbors find a path forward with stability and genuine connection. Led by John and Emily Clifford, Greenhouse Project is supported by local partners who believe lasting change happens by showing up, building trust, and loving people.

Founded in 2001 by Deacons Linda Freeman and Lana Lindenmuth, Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry at Prospect Hill Baptist Church has grown from a grassroots ministry into a vital source of nourishment, dignity, and hope for neighbors facing food insecurity in Delaware County. Today, under the leadership of Rev. Christopher Heisey-Terrell, Executive Director, the entirely volunteer-run Pantry serves more than 1,400 individuals each month, including families, seniors, veterans, and other vulnerable neighbors. Through its choice-model pantry and initiatives such as the Little Free Pantry in Prospect Park Square, Loaves and Fishes provides accessible, nutritious food while empowering those it serves with dignity and independence.

Newtown, PA 2865 S Eagle Rd, Newtown, PA, is partnered with New Britain Food Pantry, a 100% volunteer-powered organization dedicated to helping individuals and families in the community facing food insecurity. From unloading deliveries and checking expiration dates to stocking shelves and welcoming neighbors who walk through the door, volunteers make every aspect of the pantry possible by giving their time and energy to help others. Rooted in the belief that neighbors take care of neighbors, New Britain Food Pantry provides access to nutritious food in a welcoming, respectful environment, opening its doors because the community continues to show up for one another.
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Moorestown, NJ 400 W. Route 38 is partnered with Legacy Treatment Services, which operates more than 70 programs across 21 counties in New Jersey and serves more than 20,000 individuals a year. The nonprofit's history spans more than 150 years of service through its constituent agencies, culminating in a 2014 merger that unified decades of expertise in behavioral health and social services into a single, region-wide provider. Legacy offers a full continuum of services including prevention programs, crisis intervention, outpatient therapy and psychiatric services, substance abuse services, therapeutic foster care, residential programs, juvenile detention alternatives, case management, developmental disability services, and a special education school. All of Legacy's programming aims to change the behavioral health and social service outcomes for people of all ages from surviving to thriving.

Throughout November, Harvest guests will also be invited to join the effort by donating to the nonprofit organization partnered with their local restaurant. Partnering restaurants will have links to the organizations on-site, with 100 percent of the donations going directly to these organizations and the people and programs they support.

The guest component allows GIVE. LOVE. SERVE. to extend beyond the 10 families receiving meals from Harvest, providing additional support to organizations working with families every day.

GIVE. LOVE. SERVE. was intentionally designed to focus on helping families, not telling their stories. Harvest's nonprofit partners will select participating families and coordinate directly with designated restaurant team members.

"This isn't about asking a family to explain why they need help," said Magrogan. "It's simply about being a good neighbor. We want families to enjoy dinner together, and we want them to know there are people in their community who care."

ABOUT HARVEST SEASONAL GRILL & WINE BAR

Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar is a farm-to-table restaurant concept founded by Dave Magrogan, focusing on locally sourced, sustainable cuisine and a menu that changes with the seasons. The brand works closely with over 75 local farms, offers vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options, and strives to make healthy indulgence both delicious and accessible.