November 21, 2025 • 30 mins
"As SNAP benefits face delays and food insecurity rises, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank is working tirelessly to support our communities. On December 5th, be part of the solution at THE RIVER 97.3 ROCK THE FOOD BANK CONCERT, where every dollar raised brings meals and hope to thousands of our neighbors in desperate need." www.centralpafoodbank.org
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, I'm Sylvia Maws and this is Insight, a presentation
of iHeartMedia where we really do care about our local
communities and all our listeners who live here. And that's
exactly why this program is especially important today. You know,
it's truly a disgrace that the richest country in the
world can't feed its citizens, and it's an abomination that
the leaders of our government can't help but refuse to do.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
So.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
What's the truth about those across our country who are
suffering from food insecurity? And how bad has the situation
gotten here in Central Pennsylvania. Well, we're going to find
out because my guests today are ready to provide plenty
of insight into these questions. They're here to tell you
what they are doing to help the increasing number of
people here at home or facing hunger. And because people
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in Central Pennsylvania are known for their generosity, I'm certain that,
as always, you're going to be ready to jump in
at the chance to support them. There's plenty of accolades
concerning my guests today, but let me tell you what
I've come to know personally about them.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
First of all, I begin this.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Introduction with a gentleman who is absolutely one of the kindest,
most generous and big heart of people that I know.
You know him because he's a guy who wakes you
up every morning from five am to ten am on
WRVV ninety seven point three The River for over four decades.
I didn't know you were that old, kiddo. Glenn Hamilton
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has shaped the sound and spirit of broadcasting since nineteen
ninety two. He's been the heart of The River, guiding
its voice as program director for fourteen years. But Glenn's
town as well. Let me tell you, they don't stop
at radio. He's an influencer, a voice, actor, actor, oh
you gotta see him on stage, musician and podcaster. He's
a true creative powerhouse. His dedication versatility had made him
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a beloved figure in this radio industry, and he's also
an inspiration to all of us that cares so much
about him. Within our local communities, Glenn's lend his heart
and his talent to many nonprofits in the region. Whether
it's utilizing his voice to a campaign or a PSI hey,
performing at benefit events, or using his platform to raise awareness.
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Glenn Hamilton has consistently shown that his commitment to service
goes far beyond the microphone, and today we're going to
talk about something awesome that he's doing for the Central
Pennsylvania Food Bank. Let me tell our listeners not only
food Bank and the things I hadn't mentioned here, Glenn,
but you have another You have the concert for the
food Bank, and you also have one coming up for homeless.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
You did this one. How long are you doing this?
Like six or seven years?
Speaker 4 (02:30):
Yeah? I think this is the seventh year for Joy
to the Burg. Now I'm just a small, very small
part of that. But Sylvia, thank you for that kind introduction.
You know, I mean it, I do, and right back
at you. Thanks for everything you do with insight to
keep everybody informed about events affecting our community.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Joy to the Burg is a concert in an album
for our unhoused in the Greater Harrisburg area and is
put together by Christian Churches United. And I believe that
the date for the concert this year is going to
be at Appalachian Brewing Company in the Abbey Bar on
Cameron Street, and that's going to be on Sunday afternoon,
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December fourteenth. I don't know that the album has been
released yet, but it's filled with Central Pennsylvania artists, bands
that are donating their own Christmas songs or covers of
Christmas songs, and all the proceeds from the concert and
the CD sales and MP three downloads go directly to
Christian Churches United who help our homeless.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Well you know what too, Glenn, of all the things
all that you produced with your buddies that get together.
I've had so many people who have asked me how
do I get a copy? And it I'm going YouTube
go on you because I don't know if you can
get the copy of the concert anymore. But it's the
song that you did that bing Crosby.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
And David Bowie. Yes, that I did with Shee Quinn.
Oh my god, Quinn was David.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Bowie and I was being Crosby and we had so
much fun recording the song and shooting the video and
that was I think two years ago.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
I love that people have to go on YouTube and
check it out. It is incredible.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Well, i'll tell you what.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
You're doing something for the food Bank, and we all
know the food Bank desperately needs our help.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
They more than double the people sends.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
All this started that people can't get their snap benefits
that are coming into to the food Bank. And it's
not just food they need, they also need money. So
we'll talk a little bit about that with Tara when
she gets here. Glenn, when Zach gorn and tell me
that's called what Rock the Food Bank Benefit concert?
Speaker 4 (04:28):
You got it? Rock the Food Bank is on Friday,
December fifth at Excel Live in Harrisburg and admission you're
all in. Ticket is twenty dollars to see all the bands, wow,
and all of the proceeds, every penny of the twenty
dollars ticket price goes to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
I think that's awesome. We'll tell us what's going to
be there.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Well, We've got our friends Amy Simpson and Dan Kibler.
They're going to be starting the evening off acoustic as
people are coming in. I think doors open at six
six and the think Amy and Dan starts at six thirty.
And then we have Cold Spring Union as they say
they are too rock for country and too country for
rock and they're awesome. Then we have the Swisher Suites,
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some Central PA favorites, and then the Jelly Bricks. Oh yeah,
the Jelly Bricks are so amazing. They give their time
and talents every year to whatever we have going on,
it seems. And then it's the public debut of the
Van Halen tribute band that I'm in called Van Worsing
and it's Eric Worsing on guitar and we do all
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the David Lee Roth Van Halen eras.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Stuff, jump as one of them. That's my favorite.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
I thought it might be, And so that's going to
be a lot of fun. It's our public debut. We've
had a couple of gigs, private parties, and we played
with Brett Michaels up at Spyglass during his set. He
had us on stage with him back in September. But
this will be our public debut for Van Worsing.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Oh, I think that's Rightible, So twenty bucks you can't
beat that?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Holy heck.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Like I said, every penny goes directly to the Central
Pennsylvania Food Bank.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
And how can you get tickets?
Speaker 4 (06:12):
Well, I think personally the best way to get your
tickets is to get them at the door the night
of the show. I mean, they are for sale on Ticketmaster,
they are for sale at XLHBG dot com, but there's
a service charge because you know, anytime you buy tickets online. Yeah,
there's a service charge, convenience charge. I think it's Ticketmaster.
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I think it's seven dollars a ticket or something like that.
So if you buy two tickets, you're paying you know,
fourteen extra bucks that does not go to the food bank.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
But if you go to Excel the night of the show,
or you can also buy them during their box office hours,
you have to check out xlhbg dot com. You can
go in in person, or if you go to any
of the other concerts that they have at Excel Live,
you can buy them without a service charge there. But
I think if you just on December fifth and pay
twenty bucks at the door of the food bankets all
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of that money.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
That's awesome. Okay.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
If for those who don't know where XL live is,
it tell me how to get there.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
It's right off of Cameron and Paxton Streets. It's really
just right off the exit there. If you just google
XL HBG or XL live, it'll give you all the directions.
But it's in the Cameron Paxton Street area.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
All this money, all the money, that's a lot of
money they're going to make. You got to get out there.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
And we'll have the folks from the Central Pennsylvania Food
Bank they are representing. We will also have QR codes
that will be put up on the screen because we're
giving some tickets away as well, just to get people
out there. But if people want to give more than
the twenty bucks, there'll be a QR codes up on
the screen the video screens that people could use their
phones and give more right on the spots.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I think I need to get there and get a
couple of people wasted.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
You better get the phone out, and I thought you
were coming anyway, You better come.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Let me ask you something. I've known you for a
long long time. And as I said in the to God,
that's how I feel about Glenn Hamilton. He is a gem.
Why do you get involved in stuff because you know
what you know, when we go out and we do
stuff like this, we don't get paid. And there are
so many people that don't want to do this, But
there's always the same group of broadcasters that are out
there busting in their buns because I don't know, it's
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the right thing you do.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Why do you do it so much?
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Yeah, it's the right thing to do, and it doesn't
take much to do it, and not everybody has the
opportunity to have a microphone, like we have a voice,
and so what are you going to do with that?
And so I can't do everything for everybody. I always
say that, but I try to do as much as
I can for as many people.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh, and I'm so glad you're here. I'm so glad
for so many reasons. Again, it is the River ninety
seven point three Central Pennsylvan pennsyl excuse me, Central Pennsylvania
Music Hall.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
Of Fame, right, yes, So we have our presenting sponsor
is Susquehanna Valley Harley Davidson cool yep. And then we
also have game Day Men's Health and the Central Pennsylvania
Music Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
That's awesome, and it is to benefit again the Central
Pennsylvania Food Bank. Every penny goes to the food Bank.
So get out there and I can Hung van Halen
tribute with our own Glenn halliween.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Thanks, And just something to note with the Central Pennsylvania
Food Bank. The reason that we decided to do cash,
you know, do financial instead of like a can drive
or a you know, nonperishable food item drive. They need money,
absolutely they can take one of your dollars and feed
four people with that. That's the buying power that they have.
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So your twenty dollars can feed eighty people.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yeah, well that's.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Why guys just mentioned you took it right out of
my meals. Yeah, can you imagine that.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
That's why, that's why we decided to do cash. If
we started to say, let's let's, you know, bring two
cans a corn or whatever you get in money, is
what they need right now exactly. And with it being
December fifth, it's the Friday after Thanksgiving, so it's kind
of like we're looking at looking at it like restock
the shelves for the next big holiday for.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
The new year, and that's when everybody's home. That's right,
no excuses, Get your butt out there again.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
The River ninety seven point three, The Rock the Food
Benefit Concert Friday, December fifth, Excel like Bland, you're and angel,
thanks so much as always for everything.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Thank you, Sylvia, boy that Glenn is the best. Now
let me tell you about Karen Davis. Kara is the
senior and vice president and chief Program Officer at the
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. I first met Tara at a
birthday party for my son when they were just teenagers.
And you know what, even back then, I was really
impressed with her compassion for people. She was totally dedicated
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in trying to find ways to strengthen our local communities.
And she's been doing that for years, actually two decks
a decade she's been with the Food Bank. I can't
believe that. And the thing about it is, Karen knows
every aspect of this organization, it's operations, programs, mission, inside
and out. Her leadership has expanded the reach of the
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twenty seven county Partner agency network and inspired partnerships that
confront the real root of the food in security. Karen
Davis doesn't just support the mission of Food Bank caut
David lives it every single day. In fact, she's on
the phone with us right now because you're so darned
to busy the Kundar Radio Studios bit and we all
know why, because you just can't leave that place. Hi, Tara,
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how you doing honey?
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Hi? So I'm doing good.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
How are you today? I'm pretty good? Listen. I mentioned
that you've held several leadership positions with the Food Bank.
One of them I remember is as the Snap Outreach Manager.
First tell us what SNAP is, and then I have
a couple if I call misperceptions about SNAP, and maybe
you could answer. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
So thanks for the question and opportunity. SNAP is Some
people may know SNAP as food stamps. It is stands
for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and it's a federal program too.
You know, they considered it as a safety net for
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Americans who really just need a little bit of extra
help to purchase groceries.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Okay, Now let me let me ask you this and
you tell me if it's pure or false. Okay, an
absol handouts?
Speaker 5 (12:17):
No, SNAP is not a handout. SNAP is something that
is budgeted each and every year through the federal budget
and then comes through our states to be able to
support and in Pennsylvania it supports that two million Pennsylvanians.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Wow. Wow, Okay, And you know I will say sorry,
oh sorry, I.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
Was gonna say. All I was going to say was
add to that is, you know, as many people as
think that folks just stay on SNAP, right, there's a
set it and forget it kind of thing. There's a
lot of measures that are put in place to not
just ensure that folks aren't you know, that they need it.
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But we do see a lot of folks that are
getting the benefits maybe for three maybe six months, and
then they go off of it because they don't need
it anymore.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Good good. See that's people they don't know. But here's
the big one that's in the news. Immigrants take advantage
of snaps.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
No, not at all are immigrants. You know, it's really
difficult to be an immigrant in America, and they come
here with little to nothing from their country, and that
includes a job to be able to pay for all
of the things that you and I need, you know,
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have money to pay for utilities and rent and groceries
and food and shoes, and you know, they may even
have families that they have to make sure that that
are supported as well. So when they come to this country,
providing them SNAP benefits is something that really they really
rely on to be able to go to the grocery store,
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make their own ches, voices, and be able to purchase
things that they're familiar with.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Right. I thought they don't qual federal government programs.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Some of them do. Again, if there is a lot
of we could have a whole segment on police.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
We're going to do that. When it comes wet I
got the covered, hiddo.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
Yeah, yeah, well yeah, I know you do, and you know,
but there there are opportunities for some of the immigrants
that have come through here to be able to get benefits.
And one thing that we see at the food bank,
and it's not just with SNAP benefits, but it's even
with the foods that we provide. You know, non perishable
food items, canned items is very foreign to those that
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don't live in America. They don't know what to do
with those items because it's not a regular thing that
they utilize in their country. And so when we can
be able to, you know, welcome these folks to our
country with something they're familiar with, it helps bring a
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little bit more comfort to them starting to settle into
their new life. And they go to the grocery store,
they get to choose that fresh produce, they get to
choose the kind of meats that they are familiar with,
and they can they know how to cook and prepare
for their family. Okay, this is a big deal, and
you have to correct me if I'm wrong. More than
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one hundred and forty thousand individuals are going to lose
access to SNAP benefits from Pennsylvania and the area that
you cover, the twenty seven county area, you serve about
twenty two thousand individuals.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Or set to lose those benefits.
Speaker 5 (15:43):
True, yeah, it's a lot. There are a lot of
folks that are in danger of losing their benefits and
it will not happen all in one felt swoop right.
Some of these new rules and pol thess that are
being put into place are going to be happening over time.
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And so you know, it started back in September when
we had adults between eighteen and I believe sixty four
somewhere and around there, who you know, they now have
a requirement where they're going to have to work or
volunteer or do some type of training for eighty hours
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in order to receive their benefits. Then in October first
they started making rule changes for immigrants that receive not benefits.
And then in November first they made another rule change,
and that was for adults between the ages of eighteen
and sixty four with children fourteen or older will now
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have a work requirement and that means they either have
to work, they have to do some kind of training
or volunteer for eighty hours months in order to be
eligible for their benefits.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
You know, people think you walk on the food bank,
they hand you food and if you're on snap, there's
certain qualifications, right like somebody consume you're going to ask
them like how many people in your household? What's your income? Right?
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Else?
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Do you ask them?
Speaker 5 (17:20):
Yeah? I mean it's you know, it is a grueling process.
It's not just a little click of the button and
folks get their benefits. There is an application process to that,
and it's you know, asking what is your household size,
what is your income level, do you have rent? Do
you have utility? And that all of those things will
determine somebody's eligibility and how much they receive in benefits
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each month. And then some of these new requirements. Folks
have to renew their benefits, you know, anywhere from every
three to every six months. They have to verify their income.
They have to verify what they put on their initial
application to make sure that they're still eligible for those benefits.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
That's amazing. Let me ask you this one. Have the
number of people has increased within the last year that
needs that needs to support the food bank? Mm hmm,
how much give you an idea?
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Cool?
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Well, are you talking about these last four weeks. Are
you talking about the last year? Because how but we
do both.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
I don't think we do both.
Speaker 5 (18:30):
A huge difference, right, So, we first saw a huge
increase during the pandemic, and we thought, after the pandemic,
we're gonna you know, we're going to level off here.
In fact, we'll even go down. Well, we leveled off,
but we never went back down to the services that
we were originally providing before the pandemic time. So you
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could say we've been here the last year maybe about
twenty five percent increase in certain areas of the twenty
seven counties that we cover. But just in the last
four weeks Sylvia, we saw a forty percent increase in
services across our serviss territory.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
What are you enjoyed in the next couple of months.
Is it's gonna get it worse that we guess?
Speaker 5 (19:25):
Right? Uh, you know, and that's a great question, and
we're really trying to kind of look at the data
understand kind of the implications to you know, in Pennsylvania,
we were very unique in the sense that not only
wasn't was there not a federal budget, but there was
also not a state budget, and so it was a
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double whammy. And so you know, after great we have
budgets and that's wonderful and we're thrilled about that. You know,
we can start reinstating our not benefits and we can
start receiving our government foods and funding. But there's an
impact to the community and to our neighbors that we
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serve that just isn't a isn't a flip of the
switch and everything back to normal. You know, there are
folks that were using their savings to be able to
pay for their groceries and be able to you know,
do whatever they needed to do because they weren't getting
a paycheck and so, you know, the Charitable Food Network
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what is really unique about us is that we are
one of, if not the lowest barrier of services for
community members, meaning we don't have a lot of red
tape or eyes that dot and tease the cross, right,
so you know, folks can walk in the door, they
can be served for the most part without any questions
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asked if they're just stating that they have a need.
But this is we're in diticipating, you know, where we
anticipate that at least till January, and it could be
more than that where we're going to still continue to
see this increased need.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
We know, what is the status right now? Like do
you guys have to go months to months to see
if you're going to have what you need from the
state federal government? Say that?
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Can you say that question again?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
So theory, what what is the status of of uh,
the the food stamp program? Is it you have to
go months to month as far as the state and
federal government. Do you have money to to do what
you need? Sure? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (21:41):
So for for now, you know, when they when the
federal government had passed their budget, they have passed where
SNAP will be funded through through the budget year.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
But after that, we.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
Have some some big things that we need to take
a look at. Each state will need to take a
look at because the federal government is definitely starting to
look at again some new rules, some new policies. There's
an error rating where they're they're looking at states error
rates and if you're you know, above a six percent,
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we're going to be penalized for that and we're gonna
have to pay for some of our own benefits and
that'll come out of the state budget. So we're you know,
I know, Department Human Services is working very diligently to
to decrease their error rate and to really try and
make a difference here before those things start going into place.
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But right now SNAP benefits are up and running. We
anticipate them to continue running. We encourage folks to apply
for SNAP benefits. We have a whole team here at
the food Bank that can assist households and signing up
for benefits. We do it all over the phone. We
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submit their applications straight to the County Assistants office, and
we're there every step of the way. Even in the
event that they need documentation uploaded things like that, we
will support them with that as well. So something else,
I'm sorry, excuse me, go on, No, go ahead, go ahead.
People think you.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Walk in the food bank and they say, here's the turkey.
You don't individually give these give the food. That's because
you have partner agencies. And I'm not sure if people
understand it. So you have like almost two hundred and
seventy thousand people every single month, wow, and you have
eleven local agencies in all these counties. Well, you collect
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it and your warehouse and you ship it out to
these to these partner agencies. If somebody would go online,
they can find them what's close to their their neighborhoods.
So what are would be give us some examples of
like in the communities, food bank, soup kitchens, what else
where can they go?
Speaker 5 (24:06):
Yeah, yeah, So, like you said, we are a network
of partners. So we can't do our work, our mission
without the eleven hundred agency partners and programs that we
have throughout the twenty seven counties. There's a variety of
what that looks like. We have a little saying here
in food banking. When you've seen one food bank, you
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have seen one food bank. When you've seen one food pantry,
you have seen one food pantry. And the reason being
is because it's every community is different, the needs of
every community is different. And so with these partners that
we have, it's really special, right because we're able to
provide the food and then they receive the food from us,
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and they're the ones that are distributing it to the
individuals in their communities, to those neighbors that are in need.
Because they know that community, they're building relationships with them,
they're a trusted source in the community, and so we
rely heavily on that network. To really carry out fully
carry out our mission here at the food bank, you know.
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And it's not just the pantries and the soup kitchens
and emergency shelters that folks will will connect to a
food bank, but we also have some other specific programming.
We have a some mobile distributions that we do a
fresh express that is like a supplemental service and goes
into areas where may not be as plentiful with food pantries,
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and so we're offering eggs and milk and fresh produce
within that distribution. We have another mobile distribution where we're
serving our military families and so that can look like
a distribution of milk, eggs, produce, meat products at your
your American legions or your vfw's. And then we have
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you know, programming for our seniors and programming for our youth,
feeding them warm meals after school that could potentially be
the only meal they've received that night until they go
back and go and get records. So yeah, so we
have a lot of these other supplemental programs that are
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really you know, making sure that we're hitting each and
every demographic population, especially those that are most vulnerable, which
are your children and your seniors. Well, you know, I
have a whole lot more questions, but I don't have
a whole lot more times.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
But I want to get to this. This is very important.
It's okay, we know about this, we can talk about that.
But you're facing a monetary situation right now. I think
people that you need to understand that if you just
don't like even ten bucks, it'll give a week, where
as the dinners for a kid or maybe a senior.
Because there's a lot of scenors out there. It's tough
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where they say do I take my medicine, find my medicine,
or do I eat? It's tough. And even the lifeline
for families that have to chooses the same things like food,
rent utilities, it's awful. But there are ways that you
can make a donation to the food bank. First of all,
what is the website?
Speaker 5 (27:27):
Website is Central PA food Bank dot org.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
Okay, and how do you go about making that donation?
You can do it monthly, you can do it at
one shot. I mean it's absolutely yeah.
Speaker 5 (27:39):
You can do it all different kinds of ways. You
can drop a check off us at the office, or
you can just go to the website and make yourself
us and you make a donation, and we've got all
different ways that you can give. Whether you want to
just give one time, or you want to do a
set up for a monthly donation, We've got We've got
some great team members that can help guide folks along
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the way to really help them figure out the way
that they want to give and the impact they want
to make with their gifts. But what I will say
is that every gifts, yeah, and businesses, but you know,
every gift makes a huge difference because of the relationships
that we have with partners and with corporations and companies.
Food companies are buying power can be really significant compared
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to what your you and I buying power is at
the grocery store. For every dollar we receive here at
the food Bank, we can turn that into four meals.
So when I tell you that your donation makes an impact,
no matter how little or how big it makes, it
truly makes a big difference in the community terry.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
You still need volunteers always.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
We always have volunteer opportunities. And you know, I would
say it's not just us that need the volunteers we have.
We have agencies throughout our twenty seven counties. Right, we
have three hubs, so we have a hub in Harrisburg,
a hub and Williams Support, and a hub and Holidaysburg. Well,
there's a whole lot of people in between those hubs
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that may not be able to make it to us, right,
But the good news is we have agencies in their
area where they will be able to volunteer and give
their time. And we have a lot of agencies who
have kind of an aging population where they're looking for
volunteers and they're looking for leaders to be able to
help kind of be that next generation to be able
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to serve the community.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
So well, I've got I think it's really hard for
making this work, and I want to, you know, get
to that website, Central Pennsylvania People Bank, Central PA Foods
back dot org. Don't forget the concerts, the food Bank
benefit concert, pridety decenders gift that I see a lot
in Harrisburg because we can get those tickets are going fast, Tarah, Honey,
thank you so much. We're going to touch the base again.
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So okay, absolutely.
Speaker 5 (29:57):
Great to talk with you. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Boy. Bye okay, sweetheart, bye bye, and remember to catch
insight every weekend on our can i Heeart station, or
any time on your favorite podcast s app I'm Sylvia Moss.
This has been the insight. Thanks so much for listening
to you next week
Hi, I'm Sylvia Maws and this is Insight, a presentation
of iHeartMedia where we really do care about our local
communities and all our listeners who live here. And that's
exactly why this program is especially important today. You know,
it's truly a disgrace that the richest country in the
world can't feed its citizens, and it's an abomination that
the leaders of our government can't help but refuse to do.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
So.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
What's the truth about those across our country who are
suffering from food insecurity? And how bad has the situation
gotten here in Central Pennsylvania. Well, we're going to find
out because my guests today are ready to provide plenty
of insight into these questions. They're here to tell you
what they are doing to help the increasing number of
people here at home or facing hunger. And because people
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in Central Pennsylvania are known for their generosity, I'm certain that,
as always, you're going to be ready to jump in
at the chance to support them. There's plenty of accolades
concerning my guests today, but let me tell you what
I've come to know personally about them.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
First of all, I begin this.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Introduction with a gentleman who is absolutely one of the kindest,
most generous and big heart of people that I know.
You know him because he's a guy who wakes you
up every morning from five am to ten am on
WRVV ninety seven point three The River for over four decades.
I didn't know you were that old, kiddo. Glenn Hamilton
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has shaped the sound and spirit of broadcasting since nineteen
ninety two. He's been the heart of The River, guiding
its voice as program director for fourteen years. But Glenn's
town as well. Let me tell you, they don't stop
at radio. He's an influencer, a voice, actor, actor, oh
you gotta see him on stage, musician and podcaster. He's
a true creative powerhouse. His dedication versatility had made him
(01:44):
a beloved figure in this radio industry, and he's also
an inspiration to all of us that cares so much
about him. Within our local communities, Glenn's lend his heart
and his talent to many nonprofits in the region. Whether
it's utilizing his voice to a campaign or a PSI hey,
performing at benefit events, or using his platform to raise awareness.
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Glenn Hamilton has consistently shown that his commitment to service
goes far beyond the microphone, and today we're going to
talk about something awesome that he's doing for the Central
Pennsylvania Food Bank. Let me tell our listeners not only
food Bank and the things I hadn't mentioned here, Glenn,
but you have another You have the concert for the
food Bank, and you also have one coming up for homeless.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
You did this one. How long are you doing this?
Like six or seven years?
Speaker 4 (02:30):
Yeah? I think this is the seventh year for Joy
to the Burg. Now I'm just a small, very small
part of that. But Sylvia, thank you for that kind introduction.
You know, I mean it, I do, and right back
at you. Thanks for everything you do with insight to
keep everybody informed about events affecting our community.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Joy to the Burg is a concert in an album
for our unhoused in the Greater Harrisburg area and is
put together by Christian Churches United. And I believe that
the date for the concert this year is going to
be at Appalachian Brewing Company in the Abbey Bar on
Cameron Street, and that's going to be on Sunday afternoon,
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December fourteenth. I don't know that the album has been
released yet, but it's filled with Central Pennsylvania artists, bands
that are donating their own Christmas songs or covers of
Christmas songs, and all the proceeds from the concert and
the CD sales and MP three downloads go directly to
Christian Churches United who help our homeless.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Well you know what too, Glenn, of all the things
all that you produced with your buddies that get together.
I've had so many people who have asked me how
do I get a copy? And it I'm going YouTube
go on you because I don't know if you can
get the copy of the concert anymore. But it's the
song that you did that bing Crosby.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
And David Bowie. Yes, that I did with Shee Quinn.
Oh my god, Quinn was David.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Bowie and I was being Crosby and we had so
much fun recording the song and shooting the video and
that was I think two years ago.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
I love that people have to go on YouTube and
check it out. It is incredible.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
Well, i'll tell you what.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
You're doing something for the food Bank, and we all
know the food Bank desperately needs our help.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
They more than double the people sends.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
All this started that people can't get their snap benefits
that are coming into to the food Bank. And it's
not just food they need, they also need money. So
we'll talk a little bit about that with Tara when
she gets here. Glenn, when Zach gorn and tell me
that's called what Rock the Food Bank Benefit concert?
Speaker 4 (04:28):
You got it? Rock the Food Bank is on Friday,
December fifth at Excel Live in Harrisburg and admission you're
all in. Ticket is twenty dollars to see all the bands, wow,
and all of the proceeds, every penny of the twenty
dollars ticket price goes to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
I think that's awesome. We'll tell us what's going to
be there.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Well, We've got our friends Amy Simpson and Dan Kibler.
They're going to be starting the evening off acoustic as
people are coming in. I think doors open at six
six and the think Amy and Dan starts at six thirty.
And then we have Cold Spring Union as they say
they are too rock for country and too country for
rock and they're awesome. Then we have the Swisher Suites,
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some Central PA favorites, and then the Jelly Bricks. Oh yeah,
the Jelly Bricks are so amazing. They give their time
and talents every year to whatever we have going on,
it seems. And then it's the public debut of the
Van Halen tribute band that I'm in called Van Worsing
and it's Eric Worsing on guitar and we do all
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the David Lee Roth Van Halen eras.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Stuff, jump as one of them. That's my favorite.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
I thought it might be, And so that's going to
be a lot of fun. It's our public debut. We've
had a couple of gigs, private parties, and we played
with Brett Michaels up at Spyglass during his set. He
had us on stage with him back in September. But
this will be our public debut for Van Worsing.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Oh, I think that's Rightible, So twenty bucks you can't
beat that?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Holy heck.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Like I said, every penny goes directly to the Central
Pennsylvania Food Bank.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
And how can you get tickets?
Speaker 4 (06:12):
Well, I think personally the best way to get your
tickets is to get them at the door the night
of the show. I mean, they are for sale on Ticketmaster,
they are for sale at XLHBG dot com, but there's
a service charge because you know, anytime you buy tickets online. Yeah,
there's a service charge, convenience charge. I think it's Ticketmaster.
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I think it's seven dollars a ticket or something like that.
So if you buy two tickets, you're paying you know,
fourteen extra bucks that does not go to the food bank.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
That's right.
Speaker 4 (06:44):
But if you go to Excel the night of the show,
or you can also buy them during their box office hours,
you have to check out xlhbg dot com. You can
go in in person, or if you go to any
of the other concerts that they have at Excel Live,
you can buy them without a service charge there. But
I think if you just on December fifth and pay
twenty bucks at the door of the food bankets all
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of that money.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
That's awesome. Okay.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
If for those who don't know where XL live is,
it tell me how to get there.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
It's right off of Cameron and Paxton Streets. It's really
just right off the exit there. If you just google
XL HBG or XL live, it'll give you all the directions.
But it's in the Cameron Paxton Street area.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
All this money, all the money, that's a lot of
money they're going to make. You got to get out there.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
And we'll have the folks from the Central Pennsylvania Food
Bank they are representing. We will also have QR codes
that will be put up on the screen because we're
giving some tickets away as well, just to get people
out there. But if people want to give more than
the twenty bucks, there'll be a QR codes up on
the screen the video screens that people could use their
phones and give more right on the spots.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
I think I need to get there and get a
couple of people wasted.
Speaker 4 (07:51):
You better get the phone out, and I thought you
were coming anyway, You better come.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Let me ask you something. I've known you for a
long long time. And as I said in the to God,
that's how I feel about Glenn Hamilton. He is a gem.
Why do you get involved in stuff because you know
what you know, when we go out and we do
stuff like this, we don't get paid. And there are
so many people that don't want to do this, But
there's always the same group of broadcasters that are out
there busting in their buns because I don't know, it's
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the right thing you do.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
Why do you do it so much?
Speaker 4 (08:20):
Yeah, it's the right thing to do, and it doesn't
take much to do it, and not everybody has the
opportunity to have a microphone, like we have a voice,
and so what are you going to do with that?
And so I can't do everything for everybody. I always
say that, but I try to do as much as
I can for as many people.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh, and I'm so glad you're here. I'm so glad
for so many reasons. Again, it is the River ninety
seven point three Central Pennsylvan pennsyl excuse me, Central Pennsylvania
Music Hall.
Speaker 4 (08:46):
Of Fame, right, yes, So we have our presenting sponsor
is Susquehanna Valley Harley Davidson cool yep. And then we
also have game Day Men's Health and the Central Pennsylvania
Music Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
That's awesome, and it is to benefit again the Central
Pennsylvania Food Bank. Every penny goes to the food Bank.
So get out there and I can Hung van Halen
tribute with our own Glenn halliween.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Thanks, And just something to note with the Central Pennsylvania
Food Bank. The reason that we decided to do cash,
you know, do financial instead of like a can drive
or a you know, nonperishable food item drive. They need money,
absolutely they can take one of your dollars and feed
four people with that. That's the buying power that they have.
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So your twenty dollars can feed eighty people.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Yeah, well that's.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
Why guys just mentioned you took it right out of
my meals. Yeah, can you imagine that.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
That's why, that's why we decided to do cash. If
we started to say, let's let's, you know, bring two
cans a corn or whatever you get in money, is
what they need right now exactly. And with it being
December fifth, it's the Friday after Thanksgiving, so it's kind
of like we're looking at looking at it like restock
the shelves for the next big holiday for.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
The new year, and that's when everybody's home. That's right,
no excuses, Get your butt out there again.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
The River ninety seven point three, The Rock the Food
Benefit Concert Friday, December fifth, Excel like Bland, you're and angel,
thanks so much as always for everything.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Thank you, Sylvia, boy that Glenn is the best. Now
let me tell you about Karen Davis. Kara is the
senior and vice president and chief Program Officer at the
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. I first met Tara at a
birthday party for my son when they were just teenagers.
And you know what, even back then, I was really
impressed with her compassion for people. She was totally dedicated
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in trying to find ways to strengthen our local communities.
And she's been doing that for years, actually two decks
a decade she's been with the Food Bank. I can't
believe that. And the thing about it is, Karen knows
every aspect of this organization, it's operations, programs, mission, inside
and out. Her leadership has expanded the reach of the
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twenty seven county Partner agency network and inspired partnerships that
confront the real root of the food in security. Karen
Davis doesn't just support the mission of Food Bank caut
David lives it every single day. In fact, she's on
the phone with us right now because you're so darned
to busy the Kundar Radio Studios bit and we all
know why, because you just can't leave that place. Hi, Tara,
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how you doing honey?
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Hi? So I'm doing good.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
How are you today? I'm pretty good? Listen. I mentioned
that you've held several leadership positions with the Food Bank.
One of them I remember is as the Snap Outreach Manager.
First tell us what SNAP is, and then I have
a couple if I call misperceptions about SNAP, and maybe
you could answer. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (11:40):
So thanks for the question and opportunity. SNAP is Some
people may know SNAP as food stamps. It is stands
for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and it's a federal program too.
You know, they considered it as a safety net for
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Americans who really just need a little bit of extra
help to purchase groceries.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Okay, Now let me let me ask you this and
you tell me if it's pure or false. Okay, an
absol handouts?
Speaker 5 (12:17):
No, SNAP is not a handout. SNAP is something that
is budgeted each and every year through the federal budget
and then comes through our states to be able to
support and in Pennsylvania it supports that two million Pennsylvanians.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Wow. Wow, Okay, And you know I will say sorry,
oh sorry, I.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
Was gonna say. All I was going to say was
add to that is, you know, as many people as
think that folks just stay on SNAP, right, there's a
set it and forget it kind of thing. There's a
lot of measures that are put in place to not
just ensure that folks aren't you know, that they need it.
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But we do see a lot of folks that are
getting the benefits maybe for three maybe six months, and
then they go off of it because they don't need
it anymore.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Good good. See that's people they don't know. But here's
the big one that's in the news. Immigrants take advantage
of snaps.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
No, not at all are immigrants. You know, it's really
difficult to be an immigrant in America, and they come
here with little to nothing from their country, and that
includes a job to be able to pay for all
of the things that you and I need, you know,
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have money to pay for utilities and rent and groceries
and food and shoes, and you know, they may even
have families that they have to make sure that that
are supported as well. So when they come to this country,
providing them SNAP benefits is something that really they really
rely on to be able to go to the grocery store,
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make their own ches, voices, and be able to purchase
things that they're familiar with.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Right. I thought they don't qual federal government programs.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Some of them do. Again, if there is a lot
of we could have a whole segment on police.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
We're going to do that. When it comes wet I
got the covered, hiddo.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
Yeah, yeah, well yeah, I know you do, and you know,
but there there are opportunities for some of the immigrants
that have come through here to be able to get benefits.
And one thing that we see at the food bank,
and it's not just with SNAP benefits, but it's even
with the foods that we provide. You know, non perishable
food items, canned items is very foreign to those that
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don't live in America. They don't know what to do
with those items because it's not a regular thing that
they utilize in their country. And so when we can
be able to, you know, welcome these folks to our
country with something they're familiar with, it helps bring a
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little bit more comfort to them starting to settle into
their new life. And they go to the grocery store,
they get to choose that fresh produce, they get to
choose the kind of meats that they are familiar with,
and they can they know how to cook and prepare
for their family. Okay, this is a big deal, and
you have to correct me if I'm wrong. More than
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one hundred and forty thousand individuals are going to lose
access to SNAP benefits from Pennsylvania and the area that
you cover, the twenty seven county area, you serve about
twenty two thousand individuals.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
Or set to lose those benefits.
Speaker 5 (15:43):
True, yeah, it's a lot. There are a lot of
folks that are in danger of losing their benefits and
it will not happen all in one felt swoop right.
Some of these new rules and pol thess that are
being put into place are going to be happening over time.
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And so you know, it started back in September when
we had adults between eighteen and I believe sixty four
somewhere and around there, who you know, they now have
a requirement where they're going to have to work or
volunteer or do some type of training for eighty hours
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in order to receive their benefits. Then in October first
they started making rule changes for immigrants that receive not benefits.
And then in November first they made another rule change,
and that was for adults between the ages of eighteen
and sixty four with children fourteen or older will now
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have a work requirement and that means they either have
to work, they have to do some kind of training
or volunteer for eighty hours months in order to be
eligible for their benefits.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
You know, people think you walk on the food bank,
they hand you food and if you're on snap, there's
certain qualifications, right like somebody consume you're going to ask
them like how many people in your household? What's your income? Right?
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Else?
Speaker 2 (17:19):
Do you ask them?
Speaker 5 (17:20):
Yeah? I mean it's you know, it is a grueling process.
It's not just a little click of the button and
folks get their benefits. There is an application process to that,
and it's you know, asking what is your household size,
what is your income level, do you have rent? Do
you have utility? And that all of those things will
determine somebody's eligibility and how much they receive in benefits
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each month. And then some of these new requirements. Folks
have to renew their benefits, you know, anywhere from every
three to every six months. They have to verify their income.
They have to verify what they put on their initial
application to make sure that they're still eligible for those benefits.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
That's amazing. Let me ask you this one. Have the
number of people has increased within the last year that
needs that needs to support the food bank? Mm hmm,
how much give you an idea?
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Cool?
Speaker 5 (18:23):
Well, are you talking about these last four weeks. Are
you talking about the last year? Because how but we
do both.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
I don't think we do both.
Speaker 5 (18:30):
A huge difference, right, So, we first saw a huge
increase during the pandemic, and we thought, after the pandemic,
we're gonna you know, we're going to level off here.
In fact, we'll even go down. Well, we leveled off,
but we never went back down to the services that
we were originally providing before the pandemic time. So you
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could say we've been here the last year maybe about
twenty five percent increase in certain areas of the twenty
seven counties that we cover. But just in the last
four weeks Sylvia, we saw a forty percent increase in
services across our serviss territory.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
What are you enjoyed in the next couple of months.
Is it's gonna get it worse that we guess?
Speaker 5 (19:25):
Right? Uh, you know, and that's a great question, and
we're really trying to kind of look at the data
understand kind of the implications to you know, in Pennsylvania,
we were very unique in the sense that not only
wasn't was there not a federal budget, but there was
also not a state budget, and so it was a
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double whammy. And so you know, after great we have
budgets and that's wonderful and we're thrilled about that. You know,
we can start reinstating our not benefits and we can
start receiving our government foods and funding. But there's an
impact to the community and to our neighbors that we
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serve that just isn't a isn't a flip of the
switch and everything back to normal. You know, there are
folks that were using their savings to be able to
pay for their groceries and be able to you know,
do whatever they needed to do because they weren't getting
a paycheck and so, you know, the Charitable Food Network
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what is really unique about us is that we are
one of, if not the lowest barrier of services for
community members, meaning we don't have a lot of red
tape or eyes that dot and tease the cross, right,
so you know, folks can walk in the door, they
can be served for the most part without any questions
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asked if they're just stating that they have a need.
But this is we're in diticipating, you know, where we
anticipate that at least till January, and it could be
more than that where we're going to still continue to
see this increased need.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
We know, what is the status right now? Like do
you guys have to go months to months to see
if you're going to have what you need from the
state federal government? Say that?
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Can you say that question again?
Speaker 2 (21:24):
So theory, what what is the status of of uh,
the the food stamp program? Is it you have to
go months to month as far as the state and
federal government. Do you have money to to do what
you need? Sure? Yeah?
Speaker 5 (21:41):
So for for now, you know, when they when the
federal government had passed their budget, they have passed where
SNAP will be funded through through the budget year.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
But after that, we.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
Have some some big things that we need to take
a look at. Each state will need to take a
look at because the federal government is definitely starting to
look at again some new rules, some new policies. There's
an error rating where they're they're looking at states error
rates and if you're you know, above a six percent,
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we're going to be penalized for that and we're gonna
have to pay for some of our own benefits and
that'll come out of the state budget. So we're you know,
I know, Department Human Services is working very diligently to
to decrease their error rate and to really try and
make a difference here before those things start going into place.
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But right now SNAP benefits are up and running. We
anticipate them to continue running. We encourage folks to apply
for SNAP benefits. We have a whole team here at
the food Bank that can assist households and signing up
for benefits. We do it all over the phone. We
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submit their applications straight to the County Assistants office, and
we're there every step of the way. Even in the
event that they need documentation uploaded things like that, we
will support them with that as well. So something else,
I'm sorry, excuse me, go on, No, go ahead, go ahead.
People think you.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Walk in the food bank and they say, here's the turkey.
You don't individually give these give the food. That's because
you have partner agencies. And I'm not sure if people
understand it. So you have like almost two hundred and
seventy thousand people every single month, wow, and you have
eleven local agencies in all these counties. Well, you collect
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it and your warehouse and you ship it out to
these to these partner agencies. If somebody would go online,
they can find them what's close to their their neighborhoods.
So what are would be give us some examples of
like in the communities, food bank, soup kitchens, what else
where can they go?
Speaker 5 (24:06):
Yeah, yeah, So, like you said, we are a network
of partners. So we can't do our work, our mission
without the eleven hundred agency partners and programs that we
have throughout the twenty seven counties. There's a variety of
what that looks like. We have a little saying here
in food banking. When you've seen one food bank, you
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have seen one food bank. When you've seen one food pantry,
you have seen one food pantry. And the reason being
is because it's every community is different, the needs of
every community is different. And so with these partners that
we have, it's really special, right because we're able to
provide the food and then they receive the food from us,
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and they're the ones that are distributing it to the
individuals in their communities, to those neighbors that are in need.
Because they know that community, they're building relationships with them,
they're a trusted source in the community, and so we
rely heavily on that network. To really carry out fully
carry out our mission here at the food bank, you know.
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And it's not just the pantries and the soup kitchens
and emergency shelters that folks will will connect to a
food bank, but we also have some other specific programming.
We have a some mobile distributions that we do a
fresh express that is like a supplemental service and goes
into areas where may not be as plentiful with food pantries,
(25:40):
and so we're offering eggs and milk and fresh produce
within that distribution. We have another mobile distribution where we're
serving our military families and so that can look like
a distribution of milk, eggs, produce, meat products at your
your American legions or your vfw's. And then we have
(26:06):
you know, programming for our seniors and programming for our youth,
feeding them warm meals after school that could potentially be
the only meal they've received that night until they go
back and go and get records. So yeah, so we
have a lot of these other supplemental programs that are
(26:27):
really you know, making sure that we're hitting each and
every demographic population, especially those that are most vulnerable, which
are your children and your seniors. Well, you know, I
have a whole lot more questions, but I don't have
a whole lot more times.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
But I want to get to this. This is very important.
It's okay, we know about this, we can talk about that.
But you're facing a monetary situation right now. I think
people that you need to understand that if you just
don't like even ten bucks, it'll give a week, where
as the dinners for a kid or maybe a senior.
Because there's a lot of scenors out there. It's tough
(27:04):
where they say do I take my medicine, find my medicine,
or do I eat? It's tough. And even the lifeline
for families that have to chooses the same things like food,
rent utilities, it's awful. But there are ways that you
can make a donation to the food bank. First of all,
what is the website?
Speaker 5 (27:27):
Website is Central PA food Bank dot org.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
Okay, and how do you go about making that donation?
You can do it monthly, you can do it at
one shot. I mean it's absolutely yeah.
Speaker 5 (27:39):
You can do it all different kinds of ways. You
can drop a check off us at the office, or
you can just go to the website and make yourself
us and you make a donation, and we've got all
different ways that you can give. Whether you want to
just give one time, or you want to do a
set up for a monthly donation, We've got We've got
some great team members that can help guide folks along
(27:59):
the way to really help them figure out the way
that they want to give and the impact they want
to make with their gifts. But what I will say
is that every gifts, yeah, and businesses, but you know,
every gift makes a huge difference because of the relationships
that we have with partners and with corporations and companies.
Food companies are buying power can be really significant compared
(28:24):
to what your you and I buying power is at
the grocery store. For every dollar we receive here at
the food Bank, we can turn that into four meals.
So when I tell you that your donation makes an impact,
no matter how little or how big it makes, it
truly makes a big difference in the community terry.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
You still need volunteers always.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
We always have volunteer opportunities. And you know, I would
say it's not just us that need the volunteers we have.
We have agencies throughout our twenty seven counties. Right, we
have three hubs, so we have a hub in Harrisburg,
a hub and Williams Support, and a hub and Holidaysburg. Well,
there's a whole lot of people in between those hubs
(29:08):
that may not be able to make it to us, right,
But the good news is we have agencies in their
area where they will be able to volunteer and give
their time. And we have a lot of agencies who
have kind of an aging population where they're looking for
volunteers and they're looking for leaders to be able to
help kind of be that next generation to be able
(29:31):
to serve the community.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
So well, I've got I think it's really hard for
making this work, and I want to, you know, get
to that website, Central Pennsylvania People Bank, Central PA Foods
back dot org. Don't forget the concerts, the food Bank
benefit concert, pridety decenders gift that I see a lot
in Harrisburg because we can get those tickets are going fast, Tarah, Honey,
thank you so much. We're going to touch the base again.
(29:55):
So okay, absolutely.
Speaker 5 (29:57):
Great to talk with you. Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Boy. Bye okay, sweetheart, bye bye, and remember to catch
insight every weekend on our can i Heeart station, or
any time on your favorite podcast s app I'm Sylvia Moss.
This has been the insight. Thanks so much for listening
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