WSFS Bank Joins Forces with Sharing Excess and Sunday Breakfast Mission to Battle Food Insecurity Across the Region
12 Ottobre 2023 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
WSFS Bank, the primary subsidiary of WSFS Financial Corporation
(Nasdaq: WSFS), today announced the launch of its annual Food Drive
to combat food insecurity across the Greater Philadelphia and
Delaware region. WSFS banking offices in Delaware, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania will serve as deposit centers for nonperishable
donations from WSFS Associates, Customers and Community members
through December 31.
WSFS officially kicked off the Food Drive today at WSFS Bank
Center in Wilmington, Del., with the Sunday Breakfast Mission, and
at WSFS Bank Place in Philadelphia with Sharing Excess, encouraging
Associates to bring nonperishable donations to help jumpstart the
Food Drive. In addition, grocery bags will be distributed in a
variety of Delaware publications during October for consumers to
fill with nonperishable items and donate at their nearest WSFS
banking office.
According to Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap 2023 report,
10.4% or 33.8 million individuals lived in a food-insecure
household in 2021. Diverse communities continue to be
disproportionately impacted, however, with 19.7% of Black
individuals and 16.6% of Latino individuals being food insecure in
2021.
“Inflation and rising costs continue to impact many households
and their ability to put meals on the table,” said Vernita L.
Dorsey, Senior Vice President, Director of Community Strategy at
WSFS Bank. “We hope to help combat that and enable our Community
members to make ends meet by partnering with Sharing Excess and the
Sunday Breakfast Mission. We encourage Community members who have
the means to search their hearts and cabinets to make donations of
nonperishable items at our banking offices to help meet these
critical needs.”
“We are thrilled to partner with WSFS for their annual holiday
food drive,” said Evan Ehlers, Founder, Sharing Excess. “In the
spirit of the holidays, Customers are able to directly contribute
to fighting food insecurity at their local WSFS banking office. We
truly appreciate WSFS' commitment and unwavering support to invest
in their communities and create lasting change alongside Sharing
Excess.”
“Over 21 years, WSFS Bank and Sunday Breakfast Mission have
collected food for 1.3M meals for families in need,” said Rev. Tom
Laymon, Senior Pastor/CEO/President at Sunday Breakfast Mission.
“But right now, Sunday Breakfast Mission has seen a substantial
increase in the demand for food and the food boxes from this time
last year. Food donations have lagged this year. Community food
donations to Sunday Breakfast Mission make up the vast majority of
the food that is provided to families with low income. We are so
grateful to WSFS Bank sponsoring once again.”
In addition to the annual Food Drive, WSFS will sponsor Preston
& Steve’s Camp Out for Hunger for the sixth consecutive year to
support Philabundance in their mission to drive hunger from our
Communities. Camp Out for Hunger will take place from November
13-17 at Xfinity Live! in Philadelphia.
In 2022, WSFS donated more than 53,000 pounds of food to Sharing
Excess and the Sunday Breakfast Mission thanks to the generosity of
its Communities. Customers and area residents are encouraged to
take their nonperishable food donations to WSFS banking offices now
through December 31, 2023. To find the nearest WSFS Bank location,
please visit www.wsfsbank.com.
About WSFS Financial Corporation
WSFS Financial Corporation is a multibillion-dollar financial
services company. Its primary subsidiary, WSFS Bank, is the oldest
and largest locally-headquartered bank and trust company in the
Greater Philadelphia and Delaware region. As of June 30, 2023, WSFS
Financial Corporation had $20.4 billion in assets on its balance
sheet and $67.9 billion in assets under management and
administration. WSFS operates from 114 offices, 88 of which are
banking offices, located in Pennsylvania (59), Delaware (39), New
Jersey (14), Virginia (1) and Nevada (1) and provides comprehensive
financial services including commercial banking, consumer banking,
treasury management and trust and wealth management. Other
subsidiaries or divisions include Arrow Land Transfer, Bryn Mawr
Capital Management, LLC, Bryn Mawr Trust®, The Bryn Mawr Trust
Company of Delaware, Cash Connect®, NewLane Finance®, Powdermill®
Financial Solutions, WSFS Institutional Services®, WSFS Mortgage®,
and WSFS Wealth® Investments. Serving the Greater Delaware Valley
since 1832, WSFS Bank is one of the ten oldest banks in the United
States continuously operating under the same name. For more
information, please visit www.wsfsbank.com.
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