{"id":189561,"date":"2026-05-11T21:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/189561\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:59:07","slug":"st-francis-of-assisi-kitchen-honors-host-for-a-day-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/189561\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen honors Host-For-A-Day supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    <a class=\"image-link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/132341198_web1_StFrancisAwards26.jpg\">&#13;<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/132341198_web1_StFrancisAwards26.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Shown from left are, seated: 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\u2011for\u2011a\u2011Day Campaign Chair; Rob Walls, Sysco Foods; Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;                                 &lt;p&gt;Submitted Photo&lt;\/p&gt;\" class=\"entry-thumb td-animation-stack-type0-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Shown from left are, seated: 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\u2011for\u2011a\u2011Day Campaign Chair; Rob Walls, Sysco Foods; Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>Submitted Photo<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                \t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Saint Francis of Assisi Kitchen recently celebrated the successful culmination of its 2026 Host\u2011for\u2011a\u2011Day campaign with a special event at Fiorelli\u2019s in Peckville. 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, online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stfranciskitchen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.stfranciskitchen.org, <\/a>or by texting SFAK to 26989.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Shown from left are, seated: Donna Barbetti, Kitchen Advisory Board President; Anna Millett and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-189561","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\/189561","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=189561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}