{"id":21100,"date":"2025-10-31T19:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/21100\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T19:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:38:09","slug":"wgal-central-pennsylvania-food-bank-team-up-for-hunger-cant-wait-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/21100\/","title":{"rendered":"WGAL, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank team up for &#8216;Hunger Can&#8217;t Wait&#8217; drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WGAL teams up with Central Pennsylvania Food Bank for &#8216;Hunger Can&#8217;t Wait&#8217; drive<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761939488_37_wgal.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WGAL logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 3:10 PM EDT Oct 31, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWGAL is partnering with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to help those struggling to keep food on the table without SNAP support. Starting Monday, we will host a weeklong &#8220;Hunger Can&#8217;t Wait&#8221; online donation drive.Every dollar you give provides four meals. Every dollar stays in the Susquehanna Valley. MAKE A DONATION | If you can help, visit this Central Pennsylvania Food Bank page and donate.If you can help, please give &#8212; because hunger can\u2019t wait.The need across the Susquehanna Valley is great, where more than a quarter of a million people receive SNAP benefits.  SNAP by the numbersThese county-by-county statistics are from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. Adams County: 8,827 people, 8% of the population.Cumberland County: 26,448 people, 10% of the population.Dauphin County: 51,744 people, 18% of the population.Franklin County: 19,168 people, 12% of the population.Juniata County: 2,568 people, 11% of the population.Lancaster County: 55,131 people, 10% of the population.Lebanon County: 18,427 people, 13% of the population.Mifflin County: 7,585 people, 16% of the population.Perry County: 4,827 people, 11% of the population.York County: 59,500 people, 13% of the population.Nearly 2 million people across the commonwealth get SNAP.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>WGAL is partnering with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to help those struggling to keep food on the table without SNAP support. <\/p>\n<p>Starting Monday, we will host a weeklong &#8220;Hunger Can&#8217;t Wait&#8221; online donation drive.<\/p>\n<p>Every dollar you give provides four meals. Every dollar stays in the Susquehanna Valley. <\/p>\n<p>MAKE A DONATION | If you can help, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralpafoodbank.org\/givefunds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">visit this Central Pennsylvania Food Bank page and donate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you can help, please give &#8212; because hunger can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<p>The need across the Susquehanna Valley is great, where more than a quarter of a million people receive SNAP benefits.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"The need across the Susquehanna Valley is great, where more than a quarter of a million people receive SNAP benefits.\" title=\"The need across the Susquehanna Valley is great, where more than a quarter of a million people receive SNAP benefits.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/social-hunger-can-t-wait-head-shot-of-veteran-in-need-690504d64b2ab.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SNAP by the numbers<\/p>\n<p>These county-by-county statistics are from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pennsylvania Department of Human Services<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Adams County: 8,827 people, 8% of the population.Cumberland County: 26,448 people, 10% of the population.Dauphin County: 51,744 people, 18% of the population.Franklin County: 19,168 people, 12% of the population.Juniata County: 2,568 people, 11% of the population.Lancaster County: 55,131 people, 10% of the population.Lebanon County: 18,427 people, 13% of the population.Mifflin County: 7,585 people, 16% of the population.Perry County: 4,827 people, 11% of the population.York County: 59,500 people, 13% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"WGAL is partnering with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to help those struggling to keep food on the table without SNAP support.\" title=\"WGAL is partnering with the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to help those struggling to keep food on the table without SNAP support. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/central-pennsylvania-food-bank-3-6904ebdfc6863.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tCentral Pennsylvania Food Bank\t<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 2 million people across the commonwealth get SNAP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WGAL teams up with Central Pennsylvania Food Bank for &#8216;Hunger Can&#8217;t Wait&#8217; 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