Helping Harvest Food Bank shares ways to get involved, pay your part during Hunger Action Month | Reading Area

READING, Pa. – September is Hunger Action Month, and Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank is calling on Berks and Schuylkill County neighbors to play their part in ending hunger.

According to the latest data available from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study, 14.4% of people in Berks County and 14.9% of Schuylkill County residents have experienced food insecurity this year.

The organization says roughly 1 in 7 of your neighbors are unsure of where their next meal is coming from – including nearly 25,000 children.

Helping Harvest shared several ways to get involved locally this Hunger Action Month:

Contribute to Helping Harvest with a donation.

Sign up to volunteer and give your time where it’s needed most.

Wear orange – encourage an orange day at your workplace or school to raise awareness for hunger and funds for Helping Harvest.

Round up your grocery bill at any GIANT between September 1 and December 31 for proceeds to benefit Helping Harvest.

Dine and donate at the Reading Chipotle on Papermill Rd on Tuesday, September 22 from 4-8 p.m.

Get your car washed at Luxe Car Wash in Wyomissing on Saturday, September 26 to benefit Helping Harvest.

Donate items to the organization’s partner CommunityAid, located on Allentown Pike in Temple.

Follow our Hunger Action Month Calendar all month long for more ways to get involved this September.