Penn College News

College Community Helps Food Bank Fulfill Crucial Mission

Thursday, November 17, 2016

ROTC cadets from Penn College and Lycoming College report for duty.Cadet Michael J. Policare, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology student from Allentown, sorts through boxes.The writing on the wall tacitly informs the altruistic mission of Cadet John Harshbarger, a pre-med/psychology student at Lycoming.Central PA Food Bank volunteer coordinator Cydne Shull gives the cadets a tour of the facility on Wahoo Drive.Cadet Austin S. Weinrich (center), a residential construction technology and management: building construction technology concentration student from Jenkintown, helps prove the adage, "Many hands make light work."Helping neighbors in need, Bison Battalion cadets from Penn College and Lycoming College prepared boxes at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank's Williamsport site on Tuesday night. About a dozen volunteers from the ROTC program added their collaborative might to the agency's fight against hunger. The food bank's packaging and distribution operation also benefits monthly from the contributions of the Fabulous Food Packers, a group that includes a number of Penn College employees. Led by Marianne E. DePasqua, a client development specialist with Workforce Development & Continuing Education, the group was named a 2016 Hunger Hero this season for its service to the nonprofit.