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Penndel Food Pantry Receives Donation from Newtown Business

Bucks County Digital Printing donated $15,000 to the Bucks County Housing Group.

The Bucks County Housing Group has received a $15,000 grant from a Newtown business to support its three food pantries.

Bucks County Digital Printing, a local commercial printing company located in the Newtown Business Commons, directed its gift to BCHG pantries in Penndel, Doylestown and Milford Square.

“This is an extraordinarily generous gift,” said Melissa Mantz, BCHG Development Officer. “It will make a dramatic difference not only in stocking the pantries, but in paying the many bills associated with keeping them running.”

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Bucks County Housing Group is a private, nonprofit organization that provides housing and related social services to homeless and low-income families. Last year, the three food pantries served over 1,800 families per month.  According to Mantz, the need for food and meals continues to surge. 

“Last month, we served 100 families in Penndel just on a Thursday evening. That’s unprecedented for us,” she said.

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Bucks Digital Printing, which provides intelligent marketing and visual communications services through print, web, video and email, is owned by Neal Carson, Bob Herion and Tom Berner. 

“We don’t have the means to solve the biggest problems,” Herion said. “But we certainly can do something to help families around us who are hungry.”

Carson volunteers with his family at the food pantry in Doylestown. “We see how people right in our own community struggle every week to put food on the table for their families,” Carson said. “We are fortunate that our company can give something back to our neighbors.”

“Our employees, our customers, all of our friends here in Bucks County, are all partners in this community,” Berner said. “We know the food pantries will use this money to do the most good.”

For more information about Bucks County Housing Group, including the community food pantries and other services, call 215-598-3566 or visit them on the web at bchg.org.


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