{"id":185365,"date":"2026-05-06T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185365\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:37:29","slug":"host-for-a-day-supporters-celebrated-with-gratitude-diocese-of-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/185365\/","title":{"rendered":"Host for a Day Supporters Celebrated With Gratitude \u2013 Diocese of Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-128994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/StFrancisAwards26-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"450\"\/>Seated from left: Donna Barbetti, Kitchen Advisory Board President; Anna Millett and Emilia Williams, Scranton Preparatory School; Teddy Michel, Ignatian Volunteer Corps. Standing: Rob Williams, Kitchen Executive Director; Michael J. Cummings, Host for a Day Campaign Chair; Rob Walls, Sysco Foods; Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Francis of Assisi Kitchen celebrated the successful culmination of its 2026 Host\u2011for\u2011a\u2011Day campaign with a special event at Fiorelli\u2019s in Peckville on April 29. Contributors to the 48th annual campaign gathered for food, fellowship and to hear how their support enables the Kitchen to feed and clothe those in need.<\/p>\n<p>Also two members of the Kitchen\u2019s Advisory Board were recognized for their service, and three institutions \u2013 the Ignatian Volunteer Corps of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Sysco Foods and Scranton Preparatory School \u2013 received the Presidential Award for continued support of the Kitchen\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p>Donations of $100 or more to the Host\u2011for\u2011a\u2011Day campaign can still be made by calling the Kitchen at 570-342\u20115556, sending a check to Saint Francis of Assisi Kitchen, 500 Penn Avenue, Scranton PA 18509, text SFAK to 26989 or via the buttons below.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Seated from left: Donna Barbetti, Kitchen Advisory Board President; Anna Millett and Emilia Williams, Scranton Preparatory School;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-185365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}