YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Leg Up Farmers Market in Manchester Township is answering a call for help.
“We have been donating our extra food to Harvest of Blessing for years," said Dan Stump, the market's manager. "They are an amazing organization that we know supports the community and when we read about their situation, we just wanted to think of a way we could quickly start helping them."
Through February, every customer will be asked when they check out if they want to round up their bill to support Harvest of Blessing.
The York food pantry serves 9,000 people a month and is now looking for a new building.
The nonprofit rents its current spot on Princess Street from the York County Food Bank, which recently informed Harvest of Blessing its rent would be significantly raised to a price the pantry cannot afford.
“We are really honored to be part of what Harvest of Blessing does," said Stump. "They’re phenomenal to work with. You can tell they genuinely do this to help those in need.”
One of the reasons Leg Up says this was so important for them to do is because they and Harvest of Blessing have the same goal.
“We want to feed people. We want people to not worry about food," said Stump. "We love feeding the community and they love feeding the community.”
Stump encourages other businesses to follow in their footsteps.
“Even if you can’t do a huge gesture, even if you can’t do a huge program to help them, if a bunch of small local businesses are supporting this nonprofit or that nonprofit together, it can make an enormous impact," he explained.
A GoFundMe has also been created to help raise money for Harvest of Blessing.
If anyone has a potential location for the pantry to move into, please email Genders51@gmail.com.
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