Bringing in Donations for SBOC? Here’s a List of Urgently Needed Items.
Our local food banks to a pretty good job of knowing their customers and their needs. They also keep the pulse of what they’ve got coming in. And they know what’s needed to fill the gap. Here are the latest lists of urgently needed items from the food banks we support. If you are going…
A Game of Numbers
The sport of football is a game of inches. Most sporting endeavors, like football, are games of numbers. So is tackling hunger. Across the country and in our area, the numbers are up. These are the latest numbers from the team at The Foundation for Delaware County: These numbers are up from last year. WHYY…
Tackle Hunger with the Delco Souper Bowl of Caring
We’ve been fighting hunger with the Souper Bowl of Caring since at least 1998. That’s more than a quarter of Covenant’s 100-year history! Hunger and food insecurity have a negative and lasting impact on children and families. Here in Delaware County, thousands of individuals and families are at risk of going hungry. It’s a fight…
The Perfect Christmas Gift
Giving gifts at Christmas is a joyful experience! It brings joy to our heart to find just the right item… especially when it is something that reflects a loved one’s passion and commitments in life. Once again, Covenant is offering the opportunity for you to make a tax-deductible donation, in an amount you choose, to…
Our Fall 2022 ASP Trip to Lee County Virginia
During the first week of November, the Covenant Appalachia Service Project team sent a crew to Jonesville Virginia to serve in ASP’s year-round program. The crew of volunteers Gerg, Lori Corner, Rich Debany, Todd Gallagher, Tom Hiscott, Victoria Hiscott and Bryce Munce had the pleasure of spending three days with homeowners Lori and Norman who…
Help Build Hope 2022: We Nailed It!
Last Saturday, Covenant and Lima United Methodist Churches partnered for the first time to Help Build Hope. More than one hundred volunteers from Covenant, Lima, and other community organizations all came together in Lima’s parking lot to take part in something amazing. What would be so amazing? They were going to construct all of the…
ASP Sunday: Reflecting on 41 Years of Service & Dedication of ASP Hall
As part of Covenant’s ongoing 100th anniversary celebration, on Sunday during the ASP Service we were honored to have past and present volunteers from the Covenant Appalachia Service Project (ASP) team offer reflections on what ASP has meant to them since Covenant started participating in ASP, way back in 1982. The following ASP alumni shared…
Covenant Gives their All in the Big Game Against Hunger
Monday, February 21, Springfield PA – The Covenant team again outperformed everybody’s expectations in the local big game against hunger – the Delco Souper Bowl of Caring. Each year Covenant participates in the National Souper Bowl of Caring (SBOC) effort, a youth-inspired, youth-led movement to tackle hunger on the Saturdays before the NFL’s Super Bowl….