{"id":192952,"date":"2026-05-15T04:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192952\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:25:07","slug":"st-francis-kitchen-host-for-a-day-supporters-celebrated-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192952\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Francis Kitchen Host\u2011for\u2011a\u2011Day supporters celebrated \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. 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. Also, two members of the kitchen\u2019s advisory board were recognized for their service, and three institutions \u2014 the Ignatian Volunteer Corps of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Sysco Foods and Scranton Preparatory School \u2014 received the Presidential Award for continued support of the kitchen\u2019s mission. Seated, from left: Donna Barbetti, kitchen advisory board president; Anna Millett and Emilia Williams, Scranton Preparatory School; and Teddy Michel, Ignatian Volunteer Corps. Standing: Rob Williams, kitchen executive director; Michael J. Cummings, Host\u2011for\u2011a\u2011Day campaign chair; Rob Walls, Sysco Foods; and the Most Rev. Joseph C. Bambera, bishop of Scranton. 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 St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen, 500 Penn Ave., Scranton PA 18509, online at www.stfranciskitchen.org or text SFAK to 26989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen celebrated the successful culmination of its 2026 Host\u2011for\u2011a\u2011Day campaign with a special event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[524,201,182,28,727,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-192952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-community","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192952","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=192952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}