Author: TLC Food Pantry

Special November 2025 Service Date: Hot Meal, Food Shopping, Toy Bazaar – 11/22/25 Doors Open at 12:30; Service 1:00 – 2:30p

TLC Food Pantry

Hello Friends!

If we’re being honest, it has been a CRAZY past few weeks given all the uncertainty over SNAP and associated benefits. We are grateful to hear that by all accounts, benefits are being restored. With any luck, they’ll be back in place by the time this email comes out.

Amazingly, we are already up to the holiday season as well! (How in the world did that happen so quickly?!?!) This means that one of our most fun service days of the year is also upon us. If you have been with us for a while, you know what’s coming. However, if you are either new to TLC or have not been with us over previous holidays, we have a extra treat for you!!

  1. As we do every month, routine ‘shopping’ will occur
  2. The Youth Group at Temple Lutheran will prepare and serve our special Thanksgiving meal (menu is being put together later tonight;-)
  3. The TLC ‘Toy Bazaar’ returns for it’s 9th year! You’ll have the opportunity to select a gift (maybe two) for any children in your family and have it wrapped for you by our team!

Doors will open at 12 pm. Remember, no line formation until 11:30 am, no illegal parking (blocking driveways), no tying bags on the railing, and no entering the building early (admittance must be from a pantry team member). There is limited parking directly in front of the church and we ask that you please respect our neighbors. Thank you!!

TLC Pantry Guidelines:

  • shoppers will be escorted through the pantry by one of our volunteers to fill their food bags
  • if you have re-usable bags from previously, please bring them
  • order of shopping is based on order of arrival – numbers will be handed out at the check-in desk. please be courteous and respectful of one another
  • cutting the line or not following the guideline above may result in being moved to the back of the line

We can’t wait to see you on Saturday — come for the food, stay for the community!

Need Help?

TLC Food Pantry

SNAP Support is Available

This past Saturday (11/8/25), we held a special drive-through grocery day at TLC Food Pantry. We have fielded a number of inquiries in regard to food availability and a number of gracious volunteers stepped up to help. The donations we have received allowed us to restock our shelves and to prepare additional bags. We were able to distribute these bags during the drive-through event.

IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, IS STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY FROM THE RECENT SNAP IMPACT, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL BAGS PREPARED. THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICK-UP AT TLC FOOD PANTRY.

Additionally, we have our upcoming regular monthly Service Date scheduled for Saturday, 11/22/25. This service day includes our regular shopping. If you are on our email list, we will send a notice about this event in the next week or so. We will also share a new post on this site when that event is coming up. Hint – ALL are welcome;-)

Use the ‘Contact‘ link above if you have any specific questions and/or to request any SNAP supplemental bags if you need them.

TLC Food Pantry — come for the food, stay for the community!

SPECIAL SNAP SUPPORT SERVICE DAY

TLC Food Pantry

Saturday, November 8, 2025

There has been much unrest in the national media recently. An incredibly long government shutdown and many ramifications stemming from it. Of course the impact on SNAP being one of the most challenging.

This coming Saturday (11/8/25) TLC Food Pantry will have a supplemental service day to help bridge the SNAP gap until funding is restored or until a long-term, permanent solution is found. We have heard from a number of individuals and groups in the community and we have been fortunate enough to have a great team pull this together.

If you are familiar with our pantry, this will NOT be our regular service style. Our team has prepared packaged bags which will be distributed in a “drive thru format.” Beginning at 1:00pm, we will have volunteers outside the church handing out (2) bags per household. (We cannot allow any picking up for a neighbor or friend this week). All bags contain the same items:

  • Spaghetti
  • Mac & Cheese
  • Mixed Fruit
  • Vegetable Soup
  • Peanut Butter
  • Instant Oatmeal
  • (3) cans of veggies
  • Chick Peas
  • Tomato Sauce
  • Tuna
  • Meat Ravioli
  • Granola Bars
  • Toilet Paper – (2) rolls
  • Paper Towel – (1) roll
  • Hand Soap

We have been in contact with the Haverford Police Department to help direct traffic. Please note – we cannot allow advance waiting in line and there cannot be any illegal traffic moves (ie – U-turns on Brookline Blvd). Anyone waiting in line, blocking traffic, or impeding the residents on Brookline Blvd. or Earlington Rd. will be asked to move along until service starts. We are more than happy to help, but we will do so in a lawful and respectful manner for our friends and neighbors.

Pickup will occur off Brookline Blvd (see map below). Please stay in your vehicle and the bags will be brought out to you. If you are new to TLC Food Pantry, we will have a Registration QR code handy so you can be informed of our future service dates. Throughout the day, we do ask for your patience, as this will be a different method for us. 🤞

You will find us at 501 Brookline Blvd. Havertown, PA 19083

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ttvRGAe9H712H5po7

There is also a stop for the Septa 103 bus on our block. If taking the bus, we also ask that you are mindful of where the bus stop is in relation to the neighbors next door. Thank you!

TLC Food Pantry — come for the food, stay for the community!

May 2025 Service Date – 5/24/25 Doors Open at 12:30; Service 1:00 – 2:30p

TLC Food Pantry

Hello Friends!

We hope this message finds you well as we move into the heart of spring and closer to those long summer days! Thank you to everyone who joined us in April – we loved seeing your smiles and sharing some seasonal cheer. We are looking forward to seeing you all again this month.

If you’ve not been with us before or if you have never attended, please know you are always welcome to come ‘shop’ with us. If you know a friend, a neighbor, or anyone else in need of support, please bring them with you this month! (or be sure to tell them about us).

Doors will open around 12:30, as soon as we have the space setup. Please continue to obey all parking signs and driveways of those who live on Brookline Blvd. There is limited parking directly in front of the church and we ask that you please respect our neighbors.

TLC Pantry Guidelines:

  • shoppers will be escorted through the pantry by one of our volunteers to fill their food bags
  • if you have re-usable bags from previously, please bring them
  • order of shopping is based on order of arrival – numbers will be handed out at the check-in desk. please be courteous and respectful of one another

We can’t wait to see you on Saturday — come for the food, stay for the community!

January 2025 Service Date – 1/25/25 Doors Open at 12:30; Service 1:00 – 2:30p

TLC Food Pantry

  “January is the perfect month for wishing yourself the highest good in whatever you do.”
– Remez Sasson

Happy New Year!!

Winter is definitely here in full force this year. A few snowfalls, bitterly cold days, lots of wind. Downright brutal so far. Please, please, please be sure you are staying warm and are dressing appropriately.

Please join us this weekend – we’d love to have you over on Saturday! This past week Cub Scout Pack 462 got together and put together 462 special meal bags. These will be available Saturday in addition to, our regular shopping bags.

Cub Scout Pack 462 met on MLK Day 2025 to prepare packaged, shelf-stable meals – complete with recipes! Thank you Pack 462!!

We will be open for our regular service day on 1-25-25. There may be cold weather in the forecast, but please continue obey all parking signs and driveways of those who live on Brookline Blvd. There is limited parking directly in front of the church and we ask that you please respect our neighbors. There is additional parking available at the park behind the church – though you will need to walk a block on Earlington to get to the doors.

TLC Pantry Guidelines:

  • shoppers will be escorted through the pantry by one of our volunteers to fill their food bags
  • if you have re-usable bags from previously, please bring them
  • order of shopping is based on order of arrival – numbers will be handed out at the check-in desk. please be courteous and respectful of one another

Looking forward to seeing you Saturday!