The SJP Hurtado Food Pantry

The mission of the Hurtado Food Pantry, as a St. Joseph’s Preparatory School organization, is to aid the residents of our community who are struggling economically by creating the most efficient means of providing nourishment to others. This organization will help meet the spiritual, emotional, and nutritional necessities of the people of the surrounding community, while demonstrating the St. Joseph’s Preparatory School mission of being men for and with others.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

We Are Prep-aring The Feast: The YouGiveGoods Drive Items Are Being Sorted!

This week, Preppers volunteered to assemble the many donations from our incredibly successful YouGiveGoods drive.

Generous individuals from all over the country - including California, New Mexico, North Carolina, Florida, Maryland, New York, New Jersey and at least 208 Pennsylvanians - donated over $30,000 worth of food to the Prep's week-long online drive - an event that broke records and set the digital world on fire!

We will continue to send updates about the drive, and we plan to have a "Food Rally" after school on Friday, November 20th - starting at around 2:30 p.m. At the time we will assemble the baskets and listen to some speakers from the community talk about hunger in Philadelphia and the Prep community's efforts to end it.

Alumni Mothers Donate Much Needed Soap to Men's Shelter

The Alumni Mothers' had quite the spread!

Last Thursday, November 5th, the Alumni Mothers' met and donated 109.8 pounds of soap. On Saturday, this soap was donated to Our Brother's Place, a men's shelter that is run by the Bethesda Project. There are 149 beds in the shelter, but those in need can also use the showers there during the day. Apparently supplies had run particularly low, and these bars will be cut into pieces in order to guarantee efficient use for many homeless men.