Food Justice

From gardening, to meal making, to food pantry collection, to public advocacy, food justice is a central value at St. Andrew’s. We gained national attention for mobilizing our wider community to make tens of thousands of meals during the pandemic. And there are so many ways to move forward together to address hunger, food insecurity, and poverty today! We’d love for you to join us in creating community gardens, advocating for national and local policies to end food insecurity, and providing homemade meals, non-perishable food donations, and online cash donations to feed the hungry. Here’s how:

  • Advocate for Social Justice

Poverty and hunger are structural issues in our society - and they need structural solutions. While immediate aid (like donations of meals and other food) is vital, so is changing the structure and policies in our country that enable people to go hungry in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world. We partner with Bread for the World as well as joining scores of other congregations across Bucks Country through POWER Bucks to organize and advocate for social change.

  • Make meals or soups for Caring for Friends

Caring for Friends (CFF)provides frozen meals to seniors and others who are food insecure in the Philadelphia area. St. Andrew’s has provided meals for CFF for more than 40 years and gained national attention for mobilizing our wider community to make tens of thousands of meals during the pandemic.

Join us in the Parish House for a meal-making blitz every third Saturday of the month from 8:30am to 10:00 am. If you’re able, please bring a cooked and labelled protein (meatloaf, ham, turkey and gravy, etc.), and stay to help assemble the meals.

For those who prefer to make meals solo, food trays, soup containers, and labels are available 24/7 in the Sharing House (tiny house on the corner of West Afton and Penn Valley Drive).

  • Grow Together Yardley

St. Andrew’s started a small garden project in the summer of 2020 that has grown into partnering in an Interfaith Community Garden, as well as establishing a community garden together with the residents of Robert Morris Apartments in Morrisville. Grab a spade and come help! We’ve also done seedling distributions and public education campaigns. Our goal is to support people to grow as much fresh produce as possible to feed themselves and others. Learn more and connect by contacting us.

  • Donate non-perishable foods for the Interfaith Food Alliance

The Interfaith Food Alliance serves families with children in Morrisville. The need has only been growing the past couple of years, with IFA stretching to serve more and more people. Please drop off donations to the Sewing House (tiny house on the corner of West Afton and Penn Valley Drive). Volunteers regularly deliver food to the pantry.

  • Monetary Support

You can send checks to St. Andrew’s for any of these organizations and we will distribute them! You can also donate online via the Donate page and designate your donation in the memo or note for whichever organization you like. Donations for Caring for Friends are also accepted and will benefit our program through the purchasing of food for meal-packing and containers.