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JOY - Jonestown Outreach Pantry

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JOY Pantry aims to provide food to those in need who live within the Northern Lebanon School District. Clients may shop once a week, up to 4 times a month.

We are open every Tuesday: 10-12pm, Thursday: 4-7pm, and Friday: 10-12pm. We are open for in-person client shopping. Please be patient with us while we “go digital” with our new registration system. Please remember your reusable shopping bags if possible! Thank you and see you soon. We kindly accept donations every Tuesday, 10AM-12Noon.

11/02/2026

Your Voice. Your Vote. Your Community.🗳️

Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, is Election Day!

At The Caring Cupboard, we believe strong communities are built when neighbors care, participate, and work together to make a difference.

Voting is one of the many ways we can take an active role in shaping the future of our communities.

❤️ No matter your political views, your voice matters, your participation matters, and YOUR VOTE MATTERS!

✅ Make a plan to vote.

✅ Know your polling location.

✅ Encourage your friends, family, and neighbors to participate.

Democracy works best when we all take part.

From all of us at The Caring Cupboard, thank you for being an engaged and caring member of our community!

11/01/2026

⏰😴 CONGRATULATIONS! You just won an EXTRA hour of sleep! 🎉

We hope you enjoyed that glorious extra hour of shut-eye! 🛌💤 Of course, if you have kids, pets, or an internal clock that refuses to cooperate… we're sorry. 😂

🍂 It's time to FALL BACK! Don't forget to turn those older clocks back one hour for Standard Time! (Your smartphone has probably already done the heavy lifting.)

Now that you're feeling refreshed, recharged, and practically overflowing with energy, we have a suggestion for what to do with all that newfound enthusiasm… 💡

💚 Volunteer at The Caring Cupboard! 💚

We can't promise you'll get another hour of sleep, but we CAN promise that spending time helping your neighbors is a wonderful way to make every hour count!

Whether you're stocking shelves, sorting food, or helping us serve our community, your time makes a BIG difference in the lives of our neighbors facing food insecurity.

⏰ You turned back your clocks. Now it's time to PAY IT FORWARD! ❤️

👉 Visit www.caringcupboard.org/volunteer to learn more about volunteering and join our amazing team!

Because while we may have gained an hour, the need in our community never takes time off. 💚

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10/31/2026

🎃👻 HAPPY HALLOWEEN from The Caring Cupboard! 🧡🖤

Witching you a SPOOK-tacular Halloween filled with sweet treats, fun costumes, and plenty of smiles! 🧙‍♀️🍬

While Halloween is all about tricks and treats, we believe the real magic happens when neighbors help neighbors. 💚

Thanks to our amazing volunteers, donors, and community supporters, we're working to make sure hunger doesn't haunt the families in our community. 🥫❤️

So whether you're handing out candy, carving pumpkins, or enjoying a little Halloween mischief, remember that kindness is the sweetest treat of all! 🍭

From all of us at The Caring Cupboard, have a FUN, SAFE, and BOO-tiful Halloween! 🎃

10/30/2026

💚 Banking on Kindness! 💚

We had the pleasure of welcoming an awesome group of volunteers from Northwest Bank to The Caring Cupboard! 🏦❤️

The team spent some time touring our pantry, learning more about our mission, and seeing firsthand how our community comes together to fight food insecurity.

But they didn't just come to learn — they rolled up their sleeves and got to work! 💪Look at those shelves!

From restocking shelves to cleaning and resetting the pantry for the next day, these volunteers helped ensure that everything was ready to welcome our neighbors with the dignity, compassion, and care they deserve.

And their generosity didn't stop there! Northwest Bank also made a financial donation to help us keep our shelves stocked and provide nutritious food for our neighbors facing food insecurity. 🛒💚

👏 A HUGE thank you to Northwest Bank and their incredible team! Your generosity, both through your volunteer service and financial support, makes a meaningful difference in our community. Please help us showing our appreciation by sharing this post.

It's partnerships like these that remind us that fighting hunger truly takes a community. Whether it's giving time, sharing resources, or lending a helping hand, every act of kindness brings us closer to a community where no neighbor goes hungry.

Built by Community, Sustained by Compassion. 💚

10/29/2026

💚 Sometimes, the best stories are the ones we can't tell.💚

At The Caring Cupboard, we are privileged to witness incredible acts of kindness and compassion every day. Some of our most meaningful success stories are ones we cannot share publicly, because protecting the privacy and dignity of the neighbors we serve will always come first.

But that doesn't mean we can't recognize the amazing people who help make those stories possible! ❤️

Today, we want to give a special SHOUT-OUT to Yeeters Barbershop and Josh the Barber! 💈✂️

When a need arose in our community, Josh stepped up with kindness, generosity, and a willingness to make a difference. No fanfare. No expectation of recognition. Just one neighbor helping another.

We may not be able to share the details, but we CAN share our gratitude.

Josh, thank you for reminding us that making a difference doesn't always require a grand gesture. Sometimes, it simply takes someone willing to say, "I can help."

This is what community looks like. This is what compassion looks like. And this is why we're so proud to be part of a community that cares.

Please join us in showing some love to Josh and the team at Yeeter's Barbershop! 👏💚

Because fighting food insecurity is about so much more than food. It's about neighbors helping neighbors, preserving dignity, and restoring hope.

10/28/2026

🦃 750 Turkeys. One AMAZING Community. One Lofty Goal! 🦃

It's time to TALK TURKEY! 🍂🧡

The 11th Annual Arbor Green Turkey Drive benefiting The Caring Cupboard is right around the corner, and this year we're dreaming BIG!

🎯 OUR GOAL: 750 TURKEYS! 🦃

That's 750 opportunities to help ensure our local families can gather around the table and enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Because everyone deserves a little extra warmth, joy, and a delicious turkey on the table this holiday season! ❤️

🦃 HOW CAN YOU HELP?

🛒 SHOP EARLY, GIVE EASY! Stop by Grocery Outlet Palmyra, purchase a turkey in advance, and they'll hold it for the drive! No need to worry about keeping it frozen or transporting it!

🚗 DRIVE BY & DONATE! Bring your turkey or nonperishable food donations directly to the Arbor Green Turkey Drive! While you are there you can enjoy the music by Red Tie Entertainment and food from Cheesesteak Shuttle , City Watch Coffee, and PA Dairymen's Association. And the first 150 kids that bring a turkey will get a free milkshake.

📅 Saturday, November 7th
⏰ 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 26 Limestone Lane, Palmyra, PA

💻 CAN'T MAKE IT? YOU CAN STILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Donate online at: 👉 https://www.caringcupboard.org/turkey-drive

Your financial gift will help The Caring Cupboard provide holiday meals for our neighbors in need. No shopping, no driving, just a few clicks to share a little Thanksgiving joy! 🧡

💪 750 turkeys is a BIG goal, but we know this community has an even BIGGER heart!

Whether you donate one turkey, ten turkeys, make an online contribution, or simply help spread the word, YOU can make a difference for a neighbor this Thanksgiving.

❤️ Let's come together, fill those freezers, and make this the BIGGEST Arbor Green Turkey Drive yet!

📣 PLEASE LIKE, SHARE & TAG your friends, neighbors, coworkers, churches, and local businesses. Let's see what our community can accomplish together!

🧡 Built by Community, Sustained by Compassion.

10/27/2026

💉💙 Roll up your sleeves! FREE FLU SHOTS TOMORROW! 💙💉

Flu season is here, but protecting yourself and those around you doesn't have to cost a thing!

We're excited to welcome our wonderful partners from Penn State Health back to The Caring Cupboard for an afternoon focused on keeping our community healthy!

🗓️ Wednesday, October 28, 2026
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 The Caring Cupboard – Palmyra, PA

💉 FREE FLU SHOTS!
- Available for everyone ages 3 and older
- NO ID REQUIRED!
- NO INSURANCE NEEDED!
- FREE blood pressure checks will also be available!

❤️ Protect Yourself! Protect Others! Get Your Shot!

At The Caring Cupboard, we believe caring for our neighbors goes well beyond providing food. It means helping build a healthier, stronger community where everyone has access to the resources they need to thrive.

We are especially grateful to the incredible nurses and healthcare professionals at Penn State Health for their continued partnership, generosity, and dedication to our community. Their commitment to making preventive healthcare accessible to our neighbors is truly something special!

👏 Please join us in giving Penn State Health a BIG thank-you for helping us care for our community!

Know someone who could benefit? SHARE this post! Let's spread the word, not the flu! 😉💚

10/07/2026

🛒 Shopping Walmart Deal Days? Your savings can do even more! 💚

Walmart Deal Days are here, with a week of special savings October 5–11. While you’re filling your cart and taking advantage of the deals, there’s an easy way to give back to our community, too.

Through Walmart’s Spark Good Round Up program, you can select The Caring Cupboard as your preferred charity and choose to round up eligible online purchases to the nearest dollar at checkout. Those few extra cents are donated to The Caring Cupboard to help us provide nutritious food to our neighbors facing food insecurity.

So while you’re shopping the deals this week, make your checkout count!

To participate, login to your Walmart account, go to your account settings, scroll down to the "My Profile" section, select "Giving and Impact", then click the button that says "Select Local Charity". In the search for charity box, type "Caring Cupboard Inc" as your preferred charity, then check the box that says round up. You have now successfully set The Caring Cupboard as your preferred charity.

There's just one more step. When you check out, you will again be given the option to round up your purchase. You will need to check this box as well in order to have your purchase rounded up to the nearest dollar to support The Caring Cupboard.

🛒 Shop the deals.
💰 Save a little.
❤️ Round up your change.
🥫 Help feed a neighbor.

Small change can make a BIG difference when an entire community gets involved.

09/23/2026

📊 Sometimes numbers are more than numbers. They’re our neighbors.

Yesterday, members of The Caring Cupboard team joined fellow food pantry and community partners, state legislators, hunger-relief leaders, and others at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank for the release of the 2026 Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania Report.

While a room full of charts, statistics, and reports may not sound like the most exciting way to spend a morning 😄, the information behind those numbers matters tremendously.

Food insecurity continues to affect families, children, seniors, veterans, and working neighbors across our communities. And as the need grows, food pantries and the charitable food network are being challenged to keep pace.

That’s why good data matters. It helps us understand where the need exists, how it is changing, and—most importantly—how we can work together to respond.

We are incredibly thankful to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank for investing in the research, collecting the data, bringing partners together, and helping ensure that the conversation about hunger is grounded in the experiences of the people we serve. ❤️

Now we have a request for YOU:

📖 Read the report at https://bit.ly/3TNC7Rd
📣 Share what you learn.
🤝 Support your local food pantry.
❤️ Donate. Volunteer. Advocate.

https://caringcupboard.org/donate

Behind every percentage is a person. Behind every statistic is a family. And behind every local pantry is a community working hard to make sure our neighbors have enough food on their tables.

At The Caring Cupboard, we remain committed to doing our part—and we are grateful to everyone who continues to stand beside us.

Built by Community. Sustained by Compassion.

09/13/2026

🧡 This post is for someone who may never “like” it. 🧡

Maybe groceries have gotten harder to afford.

Maybe an unexpected bill has changed everything.

Maybe you're helping a parent, raising grandchildren, working fewer hours or simply watching the grocery total climb higher every week.

Whatever brought you here, The Caring Cupboard is here for you.

Asking for help isn't always easy. We'll do our best to make receiving it easier.

Our goal is to provide nutritious food while treating every neighbor who walks through our doors with dignity, compassion and respect.

If you need help with food, please reach out or visit The Caring Cupboard to learn more about our services.

And to everyone else reading this:

PLEASE SHARE.

Someone in your Facebook feed may need this information today—and you may never know it.

And that's okay, just help us make sure they see it. ❤️

Address

48 W Market Street, PO Box 71
Jonestown, PA
17038

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 12pm
Thursday	4pm - 7pm
Friday	10am - 12pm

Telephone

+17178205240

Website

http://www.joypantry.org/

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