Hunger-Free Lancaster County
HFLC Mission: Hunger-Free Lancaster County is a neighbor-focused community coalition ensuring sustainable access to healthy and culturally appropriate meals, and collaborating to improve the pathways to short- and long-term economic stability for all Lancastrians.
HFLC Vision: A universally hunger-free and prosperous Lancaster County.
Steering Committee
Vanessa Philbert, Chair, President and CEO, Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County
Joe Arthur, CEO, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Teresa Dolan, CHES PA, Executive Director, Solanco Neighborhood Ministries
Maria D’Isabella, Senior Agency Services Manager, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Jenna Graeff, Executive Director, The Loft Community Partnership
Kate Good, Executive Director, Parish Resource Center
Paige McFarling, Executive Director, Lancaster County Food Hub
Feleen Nancarvis, Program Developer, Meals on Wheels Lancaster
Brad Peterson, Executive Director, Power Packs Project
Julie Rhoads, Vice President of Health and Nutrition, Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County
Rhoda Shirk, Coordinator of Community Initiatives, Parish Resource Center
Dan Siewert, Senior Vice President of Programs, Water Street Mission
Sandra Valdez, Chief Operating Officer, Spanish American Civic Association
Ashley Visco, MSW, LCSW, CCM, Community Health Director, Penn State Health
Zach Zook, MPA, Senior Policy Research Manager, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Neighbors in Need Action Team (Accessibility)
Maria D’Isabella, Co-Chair, Senior Agency Services Manager, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Rhoda Shirk, Co-Chair, Coordinator of Community Initiatives, Parish Resource Center
Kendrick Bowman, Director of Outreach Ministries, Water Street Mission
Kate Daneker, Extended Services Supervisor, Church World Services
Bryan Gerlach, Pastor, Celebrate Columbia and Manor Church
Feleen Nancarvis, Program Developer, Meals on Wheels Lancaster
Brad Peterson, Executive Director, Power Packs Project
Julie Rhoads, Vice President of Health and Nutrition, Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County
Dawn Watson, Policy Research Coordinator, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Path to Prosperity Action Team (Attainability)
Julie Rhoads, Co-Chair, Vice President of Health and Nutrition, Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County
Zach Zook, MPA, Co-Chair, Senior Policy Research Manager, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Teresa Dolan, CHES PA, Executive Director, Solanco Neighborhood Ministries
Maria D’Isabella, Senior Agency Services Manager, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Jenn Esbenshade, Executive Director, Water Street Mission
Leah Gleason, Junior League of Lancaster
Erin Sell, Resource Development Coordinator, Boys and Girls Club Lancaster
Voices of Neighbors Action Team (Advocacy)
Corinne Foster, Co-Chair, Development Manager, Lancaster County Food Hub
Jenna Graeff, Co-Chair, Executive Director, The Loft Community Partnership
Patricia Espinosa-Vargas, Director, PA 211 East, United Way of Lancaster County
Kate Good, Executive Director, Parish Resource Center
Dan Siewert, Senior Vice President of Programs, Water Street Mission
Zach Zook, MPA, Senior Policy Research Manager, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Partner Organizations
American Heart Association Eastern States | Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | Church World Services |City of Lancaster | Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County | CrossNet Ministries | Elizabethtown Area School District | Ephrata Area Social Services | Lancaster County Community Foundation | Lancaster County Food Hub | Lancaster County Office of Aging | Lancaster County Project for the Needy |Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine | Lancaster Lebanon IU 13 | Lancaster Recreation Commission | The Loft Community Partnership |
Meals on Wheels of Lancaster | Millersville University | Mission Church Food Pantry | PA 211 East | Parish Resource Center | Penn State Health | Pennsylvania Department of Human Services | Power Packs Project | Principled Strategies, LLC |School District of Lancaster | Solanco Neighborhood Ministries | Spanish American Civic Association | The Salvation Army | The Factory Ministries Together Initiative | United Way of Lancaster County | Water Street Mission | Wittel Farm Growing Project