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Residents urge commissioners not to move pantry funds from Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank to county food bank
Summary
Multiple pantry operators and volunteers told the Washington County commissioners that switching county funding from the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank to a county‑run food bank risks disrupting distributions, reducing available items and harming seniors and veterans; speakers pressed for a clear implementation plan and raised a potential conflict of interest.
Several Washington County food‑pantry leaders and longtime volunteers used the public‑comment period on May 7 to press the Washington County Board of Commissioners to keep funding with the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank or to allow pantries to choose their partner.
"If you send those funds to Washington County Food Bank, I will have no choice but to go independent," said Cathy Kennedy, who identified herself as representing the Hart Community Food Pantry. She said her pantry serves up to about 200 families and asked that her funding remain with the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank so she would not lose items and services the larger bank provides.
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