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The Philadelphia Phillies, Citizen’s Bank and Philabundance are continuing their Fans Feeding Families food drive virtually this year. Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle shows how you can donate food products online.

Sidney Bligh heard that people needed food help during the pandemic. So she cleaned out her piggy bank, and gave $30 to Philadbundance. NBC10’s Deanna Durante reports.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle speaks with people who are picking up boxes of free food as families deal with food insecurity amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Due to strong demand, Philadelphia now has 40 community sites providing free food to residents dealing with food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports on food box distribution sites in Philadelphia to help people struggling with food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic. The boxes went quickly Thursday.

Philadelphia will open 20 community sites on Monday providing free food to residents impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Philadelphia opened up 20 free food pickup sites in location throughout the city to help residents impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. NBC10’s Aunyea Lachelle has the details.

Philadelphia, Philabundance and the Share Food Program have teamed up to bring free meals to families dealing with food insecurity amid the coronavirus pandemic. NBC10’s Katy Zachry reports after the program began Monday.

NBC10’s Katy Zachry reports from Philabundance’s South Philadelphia facility ahead of a free food box giveaway for families struggling with food security with the coronavirus pandemic.

They were already helping tens of thousands of people in the Philadelphia region with food and other essentials. Now, two of the region’s largest food pantries serving the disadvantaged, Bebashi and Philabundance, are watching the need for their services skyrocket. “Right now, we’re ok with the food supply, but it won’t stay that way if more become unemployed,” Bebashi...

More than 80 Toyota Tundra’s are helping to haul away hunger and heading to South Philadelphia to deliver hundreds of thousands of pounds of food to Philabundance.

“Any cuts to SNAP are going to put a strain on our … emergency food system,” Kate Scully, director of government affairs at Philabundance, said.

Members of Council Rock South High School’s Amateur Radio Club in Bucks County got the chance to talk to Andrew Morgan, a Pennsylvania astronaut who is serving on the International Space Station.

About 50,000 people in Pennsylvania will lose access to SNAP benefits as a result of a new Trump administration rule that will tighten work requirements for recipients. NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez takes a look at the impact.

For the second year, four local breweries are collaborating on a single beer, Friends Giving “Potluck-Style” Hazy IPA. The beer is packaged in stylish four-pack cans that will pop up soon in New Jersey and Pennsylvania liquor stores.

Furloughed federal employees are going to miss their second paycheck this Friday if the partial government shutdown continues. People lined up to get food from a Philabundance emergency market truck Wednesday morning.

IBEW Local 98 Union is providing free breakfast and lunch to Philadelphia TSA workers continuing to work unpaid. The union has donated two food trucks that will serve hot meals to them on Wednesday and Friday. The Union is also donating $25,000 to Philabundance to provide them more food throughout the shutdown.

Millions of Americans rely on SNAP benefits to feed their families every month. But local residents are wondering how they will feed their households as the shutdown stretches into a fourth week.

Local food banks are preparing for a rush of people in need due to the government shutdown. But the strain is taking a toll on SNAP, the area’s largest hunger relief organization.

WMMR hosts Preston & Steve kicked off their annual Camp Out for Hunger at XFINITY Live! on Monday. NBC10’s Bill Henley and Vai Sikahema dropped by to play some games and help raise food and money for Philabundance. WMMR will be camped out in South Philadelphia for five days, collecting non-perishable food items.