MANNA ON MAIN STREET

WATCH: Manna opens Online Market Hub with grand opening Saturday

The hub is now open for online ordering and delivery of groceries in the North Penn region.

The hub is now open for online ordering and delivery of groceries in the North Penn region.

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Manna on Main Street on Saturday celebrated the grand opening of its new innovative resource that will expand the food pantry’s provision of online ordering and delivery of groceries to its clients.

Mann on Main Street’s Online Market Hub is open for business at 10 N. Cannon Ave., the former site of Phil’s Tire and Service Center.


Manna volunteers gave tours before and after a ceremony that began at 1:30 p.m.

Executive Director Suzan Neiger Gould welcomed the crowd and officially said the hub is open, thanks to the efforts of the North Penn community.

"What a wonderful day," said Gould, to loud applause. "I will officially declare the Hub is open! You have opened it. We have been operating all week,and since Monday, we have served about 130 households. They ordered their groceries on their Smartphone, or tablet, or computer, and then drove here ... and called the number and a volunteer came out and delivered their groceries, That is the dream and it happened."

Gould said every step of the way was aided by caring institutions and individuals.

"As word spread about what was going on at 10 N. Cannon Ave., the encouragement and support built, because this community believes in Manna's vision that 'Everyone Might Be Fed.' Regardless of where you come from, the color of your skin, where you sleep at night, who you pray to, and who you love. You have a right to food, and you and all of us deserve to have a North Penn where no one is hungry."

Manna Board of Directors Chair Jeffrey Fields shared the vision for Manna’s new Online Market Hub.

Manna Director of Development and Strategic Direction Sheldon C. Good awarded numerous major donors and project partners for their efforts, such as Kafeem Afzal, Nihad Kaiseruddin, Holman, The Michelson Family Fund, Afzal Family Foundation, Lansdale Borough, Constance Lezenby Architects LLC, Detweiler Construction, Harleysville Bank, and HealthSpark Foundation.

The Hub is part of Manna’s 10-year campaign to make sure no one goes hungry in North Penn.

"We are so happy to be here to celebrate Manna's new Hub," said Jacqui Baxter-Rollins, executive director of The Partnership TMA. "The Partnership TMA is happy to partner with Manna and provide bikes and resources for safety cycling. For clients, it gets them to jobs and be self-sustaining." 

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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.

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