Roxborough Church Now Offering Boxes Of Free Food

Max Bennett
·3 min read

ROXBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA — The Roxborough Church will now be offering boxes of free food as the City of Philadelphia expanded the availability of free food during the new coronavirus outbreak.

Initially, boxes of food supplies that will last five days were only available at 20 locations in the city. Now, 20 more locations were added to the list, giving residents 40 places to get the food.

Among the new 20 sites is the Roxborough Church, located at 8232 Ridge Ave.

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The 20 new sites will open Thursday.

A full list of food sites is featured below.

At these 40 sites, residents of all ages can pick up a box of food (one box per household) on Mondays and Thursdays between 10 a.m. and noon.

Residents do not have to present ID or proof of income.

This effort is a partnership with the community-based sites, as well as Philabundance and Share Food Program.

The public is encouraged to verify sites by calling 311 or visiting phila.gov.

On Monday, March 30—the first day of distribution—20 food sites distributed 4,000 boxes of food.

These sites have been set up in addition to numerous schools offering meal pick up for children. See schools offering grab-and-go meals here.

A full list of food sites is below:

  • People’s Emergency Center — 3750 Lancaster Ave. (19104)

  • Philadelphia Citadel — 5830 Rising Sun Ave. (19120)

  • West Kensington Ministry — 2140 N Hancock St. (19122)

  • Philadelphia Temple — 1340 Brown St. (19123)

  • Roxborough Church — 8232 Ridge Ave. (19128)

  • Upper Room Baptist Church — 7236 Ogontz Ave. (19138)

  • Resurgence Church — 1738 West Atlantic St. (19140)

  • Mitchell Elementary School — 5500 Kingsessing Ave. (19143)

  • Christ Church South Philly — 229 Moore St. (19148)

  • Opportunity, Inc. — 5900 Lansdowne Ave. (19151)

  • Delaware Valley Fairness Project — 2646 Kensington Ave. (19125)

  • Philadelphia Tabernacle — 3150 North Mascher St. (19133)

  • Salvation Army, Philadelphia West — 5452 Arch St. (19139)

  • Feast of Justice — 3101 Tyson Ave (19149)

  • Miles Mack Recreation Center — 732 N. 34th St. (19104)

  • Hank Gathers Recreation Center — 2501 W. Diamond St. (19121)

  • Cohocksink Recreation Center — 2901 Cedar St. (19134)

  • Hunting Park Recreation Center — 1101 W. Hunting Park Ave. (19140)

  • Christy Recreation Center — 728 S. 55th St. (19143)

  • Happy Hollow Recreation Center — 4800 Wayne Ave. (19144)

  • Wharton Square Playground — 2300 Wharton St. (19146)

  • Murphy Recreation Center — 300 W. Shunk St. (19148)

  • East Passyunk Community Recreation Center — 1025 Mifflin St. (19148)

  • Pelbano Recreation Center — 8101 Bustleton Ave. (19152)

  • Palmer Recreation Center — 3035 Comly Rd. (19154)

  • Mitzvah Food Program – KleinLife — 10100 Jamison Ave. (19116)

  • Dare to Imagine Church — 6610 Anderson St. (19119)

  • Shekinah SDA — 531 Chew Ave. (19120)

  • Association of Former Gang Members — 2204 N. 19th St. (19121)

  • Holy Spirit UMC — 1441 E Hunting Park Ave. (19124)

  • Keep the Faith Ministries — 1906 Harrison St. (19124)

  • Parkside Association — 1719 N. 52nd St. (19131)

  • Village of Arts and Humanities — 2544 Germantown Ave. (19133)

  • Richard and Friends — 1916 E. Venango St. (19134)

  • Triumph Baptist Church — 1648 W. Hunting Park Ave. (19140)

  • Giving Heart Ministries — 6506 Elmwood Ave. (19142)

  • Young Chances — 2703 Tasker St. (19145)

  • SEAMAAC — 1711 S. Broad St. (19148)

  • Mizpah SDA — 4355 Paul St. (19124)

  • Christian Compassion CDC — 6150 Cedar Ave. (19143)

>>>Full coverage of coronavirus in Pennsylvania here.

This article originally appeared on the Roxborough-Manayunk Patch