Chester County Food Bank Collecting Saturday At Eagleview

EXTON, PA — The Chester County Food Bank needs food and turkey donations. Its donations site will be open Saturday morning for drop-offs in the Eagleview Corporate Center in Exton.

Those who want to help can bring donations to the contactless drop-off site at 650 Pennsylvania Dr., Exton, on Saturday from 9-11:30 a.m.

"We rely on food donations to stock shelves for the winter," said the Chester County Food Bank. "With the increased need due to the pandemic, your help is needed now more than ever."

The food bank also accepts online donation to its virtual Holiday Food Drive, here.

Donations can also be dropped off during the week at the site, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and on Tuesday and Friday between 8 a.m. and noon.

The food bank center will close at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 25 and will remain closed through the Thanksgiving holiday and on Friday, Nov. 27.

Chester County Food Bank works with 120 partner agencies across the county to distribute food where it is needed. The food bank's interactive tool shows areas of Chester County where high percentages of residents worry regularly about running out of food before they will have money to buy more. In recent years the food bank has served more than 75,000 people here, but the number in need has grown with the pandemic and accompanying unemployment.

Chester Count Food Bank also invites community groups, teams, schools and businesses who want to host their own virtual food drive to work with the food bank. Information about fund raisers is here.