MANNA – Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance

I have’nt had the opportunity to experience the taste of the food yet but I’m pretty sure I’ll be pleased. I’m a new customer. Thanks manna.

My 8 year old participated in the first annual Guac-​Off (a guacamole conptetition) held at the Fleisher Art Memorial in South Philly.
We all had a blast preparing and serving guac for over 150 guests.
The folks at MANNA were terrific to work with and raised over $ 3500 to help feed critically ill Philly-​area residents. Their nutritious meals are literally, life-​savers! (And they taste great, too.
We support MANNA and the valuable work they do — plus they organize creative and fun FUNdraisers. (Special thanks to Chef Keith, Katelyn, Lydia and Dan.)
Much love to MANNA! (And don’t forget to buy your holiday pies this year at one of the many MANN Pie in the Sky pick-​up locations. (We like the pecan pie!)

These guys are the best!
Flexible volunteer hours, great people, and most importantly, it’s for a good cause.
Their annual Pie in the Sky event is fabulous — I highly recommend the apple pie.

MANNA is my favorite place to volunteer. Not only is it for a great cause, but the staff there are always so warm and welcoming and fun to work with. I’ve brought groups of 10 here from my school for volunteering trips and everyone always has an awesome time. They have varying shifts throughout the week that you can show up to volunteer as an individual as well! Volunteering here involves packaging meals, and sometimes prepping food for packaging/​cooking (e.g. chopping vegetables).

Manna’s been around for a long time, and you can count on them being around for a long time.
If you want to, you don’t have to volunteer all at once — there is a very popular Thanksgiving Day volunteer program, where you sign up in advance, and Thanksgiving early morning, you help out.
You can either drive the meals to people’s homes (maybe one day they’ll take me up on my cycling the meals somewhere), or go in and pretty much just move the already packed bags from the kitchen to the loading docks.
Great way to build up an appetite before a big meal! And great way to spend thanksgiving morning. But bring your tennies if you are wearing heels you’ll die.
They should train their volunteers to be more vocal about what they do, however. There was a woman in back of me at Trader Joe’s one day and she said Manna helps people with life-​threatening cancer. She said she’d volunteered for 7+ years… which made me feel sad that she didn’t feel comfortable about Manna serving people with HIV. Kinda sad.
But I digress.
Also, there is pie-​making volunteering too, I think? Then they sell all the pies to profit the org. You have to sign up early for that, however. Very nice vibe there, and yeah, the volunteering is very organized and really simple.

GO VOLUNTEER!
I volunteered at MANNA for the first time yesterday and it was an amazing experience. The staff there was friendly and helpful and our group was made to feel right at home. We packaged meals and chopped onions and celery… not glamorous work but every job assigned was a necessary cog in the wheel to keep the kitchen going.
I will definitely be going back to MANNA and will encourage my family and friends to join me. It was not only a fun day but a rewarding experience that more people should try. It’s right in our backyard and they are always in need of volunteers — check it out!