TODAY

HANNA’s Pantry has grown from a small, school pantry operating out of a closet to a large-scale, community operation that serves over 30,000 pounds of groceries to more than 600 families each month, in an innovative and culturally respectful way that sets new standards for community food pantries. Read more in our brochure:

HANNA’s Pantry began in response to a nutritional need for Susquehanna Township School District students. It originally operated as the Adopt-a-Family School Pantry in Thomas W. Holtzman Jr. Elementary School. School Nurse, Mary Olley, discovered students were being sent to her with stomach aches. The children were not sick, but hungry. She began sending food home with students and later opened the Adopt-a-Family School Food Pantry through the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and operated it for nearly 18 years with Rockville United Methodist Church and many dedicated volunteers.

In 2019, it transitioned into HANNA’s Pantry, became a HANNA Foundation project and moved to the high school.   It was built by and continues to be supported  by volunteers from Faith Immanuel Presbyterian and Tree of Life Lutheran Churches, Susquehanna Township School District students and staff and many dedicated community members. 

Today, the Pantry maintains the long history as a member agency of the  Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and has grown into its own 501(c)(3)non-profit organization.