Work to Feed the Hungry 2025 Drive

Call to All Lodge Brothers of the 7th Masonic District:
- Engage to do your part to make a positive impact to “Work to Feed the Hungry” in Greater Berks County area.
We are partnering with the Jarett Yoder Foundation and Helping Harvest, to gather non-perishable food, lightly used/new clothing for the veterans, and growing potatoes to multiple our contributions while sharing in brotherly love and family time.



What is our goal?:
- We can’t solve hunger and help all the veterans in Berks county by ourselves, but we can enable those organizations and partner in the fight to helping the needy be clothed and feed.

- How will the 7th Masonic District achieve this goal?
With your help!

o Collect thousands of non-perishable food items
o Collect lightly used and new clothing to give to veterans
o Grow and multiply our gifts to the hungry by preparing seed potatoes and harvesting potatoes to enable Thanksgiving and Christmas meals to hundreds of families.




What can brother’s and families do?: - Check you pantry… Pickup a little extra on your next shopping trip…
- Come to the Reading Masonic Center on Friday April 25, 2025 during 6-9 PM to drop your donation, help cut seed potatoes, and show some fellowship and snack time.
- If you can’t make April 25, drop your donation at your lodge’s designated location




Donation Guidelines: - When collecting food items, keep the following requirements in mind:
o Please do not donate out-of-date food or food in rusted, dented, or leaking cans or containers.
o If the outer box is torn, but the inner wrapping is sealed, we can use the item.
o All food items must include product ingredients. No unidentifiable bags or cans can be used.
o Non-perishable food in plastic, cardboard or cans works best. Please no glass items.
o Home-made items (canned jellies, sauces, etc.) can not be accepted.
o Personal Hygiene products for veterans are welcome




When donating clothing for veterans? o Only lightly used/new clothing (winter, summer, fall)
o Veteran families are served, so baby to adult clothes are all welcome.
o Used shoes or soiled clothing can not be accepted.




When is the 7th Masonic District family “working to Feed the Hungry” in 2025?:

Friday April 25, 2025 6-9 PM: Collection of non-perishable and clothing at Reading Masonic Center.
Get your donations to your lodge designation location several days in advance if you can’t join us on this evening.



Friday April 25, 2025 6-9 PM: Want to learn and help prepare for the Potato 2025 Season?
Come to the Reading Masonic Center and help cut seed potatoes – Families are welcome, children must be supervised by guardian. Generations of the Lichtenwalner family will be present to share the tricks and teach the methods being used to multiply our contributions. See the equipment that will aid in the 2025 growing season. Snacks and drinks will be provided for an educational and fun family evening at the Masonic Center. Signup sheets will be offered for those present for communication of planting and harvest sessions given activities are soil condition and weather dependent.



Saturday April 26, 10-12 PM (Weather Permitting): Come see how the work is done: Live demonstrations and education sessions will be conducted!
Field soil will be prepared, seed potatoes will be planted and demonstrations of the seasons activities to multiply our work will be shared. Come see new and old tractors, plows, disc, harrows, cultivators, a 1909 planter and potato harvest equipment (converted horse drawn to modern plows) at the Lichtenwalner Enterprises farm land: 620 Linden Road Kutztown PA 19530.



Saturday/Sunday Early November 2025 (Weather Permitting):
A team of brothers and family are needed to pickup potatoes and place them into buckets. See the harvest in action as the potatoes are dug and placed on top of the ground to be picked up. For those that can’t bend or walk the uneven ground, other tasks exists and come for brotherly & family bonding time at the Lichtenwalner Enterprises farm land: 620 Linden Road Kutztown PA 19530.

Have More Questions?

Call/Email Keith Lichtenwalner

(610) - 703 - 4639
keith@lichtenwalnerfamily.com