Plant a Row for the Hungry - Mercer County, Pennsylvania

1. What is Plant A Row
for the Hungry? Plant a Row
for the
(PAR) Hungry
Communities Harvesting Hope
Launched in 1995 by the Gar-
den Writers Associated (GWA),
Plant A Row for the Hungry is a
people-helping people program
that encourages gardeners to
grow a little extra and donate
the produce to food banks, soup
kitchens and food pantries serv-
ing the homeless and hungry in
their local communities.
You can make
a difference!
Community Food Warehouse of Mercer
County, PA
109 S. Sharpsville Ave Suite A
Sharon, PA 16146
PAR’s mission is to provide
www.foodwarehouse.org
an avenue for individuals,
farms and over 84 million For more information please contact:
gardening households in the Mimi Prada
U.S. to help America’s most Phone: 724.981.0353
vulnerable citizens and the Fax: 724.981.7949
food agencies serving them. Email: mprada@foodwarehouse.org

2. How You Can Help
Community
Food Warehouse
As an individual...
Plant a row of vegetables or
of Mercer County
♦
fruit designated for the Plant-
A-Row project.
Community Food Ware- ♦ Deliver produce to the Com-
munity Food Warehouse of
house, a non-profit food
Mercer County.
bank is the primary
♦ Spread the word. Pass along a
source of emergency food Plant-A-Row brochure.
products in Mercer The Facts As a farmer...
County. ♦ Plant a row of vegetables or
fruit designated for the Plant-
The Ware- ♦ Hunger is a reality for 1 in 6 A-Row project.
house sup- Americans. ♦ Call the Community Food
plies food ♦ 16% of Mercer County’s popu- Warehouse when it is time to
to its 35 lation is food insecure. harvest. We will provide you
member with insured volunteers for
♦ Over 4200 households are gleaning.
agencies
served by Community Food ♦ We will either pick up your
which in-
Warehouse through its mem- donation or you may deliver it
cludes food pantries, to our warehouse.
ber agencies.
soup kitchens, homeless Liability Protection
and abuse shelters, after- ♦ 11% of clients served are sen- In 1996, the Bill Emerson Good
school programs, youth ior citizens; 33% are children. Samaritan Food Donation Act
was passed. This law protects
centers, and residential ♦ 480 children in 3 school dis- good-faith donors from civil and
treatment services. tricts are served by the Back- criminal liability should the do-
pack Program. nated product cause harm to its
recipients.