Students in schools, PREPs do a ‘Souper’ job collecting food
Sixteen Catholic schools and parish religious education programs (PREP) in the Philadelphia Archdiocese collected 15,000 pounds of food plus money for the “Souper Bowl of Caring,” the largest amount for the drive in recent years.
After 36 years of feeding the hungers of the human family, Ayella retires
Anne Healy Ayella retired this month from archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services, where she helped feed countless people through food drives, to care for her granddaughter. She will stay active with Catholic Relief Services locally.
5,000 pounds of food from Goya will feed hungry families
The food company donated a truckload of food to archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services, which will distribute it to 50 food cupboards in the archdiocese. NDS provided 2.3 million meals last year, up 6 percent.
These Christmas cards help feed the poor in our midst
Archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services is offering alternative Christmas cards that remind what Christmas is all about, and also support NDS’ outreach to the poor through the Community Food Program.
Catholic students and Nutritional Development Services team up to fight hunger
An annual food drive in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, celebrated Nov. 3 at St. Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr, collected nearly 50,000 pounds of peanut butter and jelly to stock local food cupboards.
Prayers for a healthy, peaceful summer
The Blessing of the Summer event held June 23 at St. Raymond School kicked off the Summer Meals Program of Nutritional Development Services in which children enjoy more than 800,000 free, nutritious meals.
Prep’s $10,000 donation will help feed thousands this summer
See a photo gallery from St. Joseph's Preparatory School where students made a donation to a nonprofit in Germantown and to Nutritional Development Services for its Summer Feeding Program.
St. Joe’s Prep raises its cup – for charity
The rugby team out competed other school groups and teams by raising the largest portion of a $10,000 fundraiser to benefit summer feeding programs in Philadelphia, including the 450 sites of Catholic-run NDS.
Students, seniors restock food cupboards with NDS
Nutritional Development Services closed its annual Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive on Monday at Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast High School, donating 50,000 pounds of the sandwich staples to the region's hungry. See our photo gallery.
NDS kicks of Summer Meals Program
Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (NDS) sponsored its annual Blessing of the Summer to kick off its Summer Meals Program. Monsignor Daniel Sullivan, President of the NDS Board, presided over the blessing at Holy Redeemer School on Thursday, June 25, 2015.