Phoenixville Area Community Services Hosts ‘Souper Bowl’ Event to Help Fight Hunger

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Phoenixville Area Community Services (PACS) hosted “Empty Bowls: Souper Bowl Edition, In the Kitchen with Mayor Peter Urscheler” on the first Saturday in February.

The virtual event featured Urscheler and PACS Executive Director Mary Fuller preparing soup in the Mayor’s kitchen. They also kicked off the PACS Souper Bowl Online Auction, which featured autographed Eagles merchandise, pottery, wine baskets, a golf outing, and more.

“Due to the pandemic, we had to re-think our Empty Bowls event, which is our largest fundraiser of the year,” said Fuller. “We’ve teamed up with Mayor Urscheler to make a simple meal of soup and give viewers a behind-the-scenes tour of how we’ve transformed our new building at 101 Buchanan Street.”

In October 2020, PACS moved to its current location. At more than 23,000 square feet, the building is essential to housing and distributing healthy, nutritious food. Appointments to receive food from PACS have tripled since the onset of the pandemic. As a result, there is a large need for donations. In fact, PACS has received more than 45,000 requests for food and has been supplying more than 12 other agencies (such as churches and senior centers) with food for their members.

Now, the PACS team is working to raise much-needed funds for its new location and to help secure the future of PACS for years to come. You can help by donating to PACS’s “Building the Future of Food Security” campaign by clicking here. All donations will be matched by Phoenixville Community Health Foundation.

PACS is a model for community feeding community, working to ensure food is available for those who need it in and around Phoenixville.

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