What you need to know about Shepherd House
Here is a listing of the Carbon County food pantry locations operated through Shepherd House and additional relevant information:
Beaver Meadows
Serves households in Packer Township and is located in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 19 Second St.., Beaver Meadows.
The pantry is open the third Thursday of each month from 6-7 p.m.
Contact Jennifer Barnasevitch at 570-455-6835.
Jim Thorpe
Serves households in the Jim Thorpe School District and is located in Ebenezer Evangelical Congregational Church, 441 Center Ave. The phone number is 570-325-2855.
The pantry is open the second Saturday of each month from 9-11 a.m.
Contact Pam Moore at 570-325-3240 or the Rev. Nathan Kennedy at 570-325-2855.
Lansford
Serves households in Lansford and is located in Trinity Lutheran Church, 104 East Abbott St.
The pantry is open the third Monday of each month from 9:30-11 a.m.
Contact Elizabeth (Betty) Pearson at 570-645-3416 or Richard Willing at 570-657-6159.
Lehighton
The pantry serves households in Lehighton, Mahoning, Franklin, East Penn Townships, Weissport, and the Lehighton Area School District, including Parryville and is located in Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 175 South Third St. in Lehighton.
The pantry is open every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact Ron and Carolyn Long or Shirley Radler at 610-377-4303.
Nesquehoning area
Serving households in Nesquehoning, Hauto and Lake Hauto. Located in Meeds Memorial United Methodist Church, 126 West Catawissa St., Nesquehoning.
The pantry is open every third Thursday of each month from 1-3 p.m.
Contact Paula Anthony 570-645-5873 or Mary Beth Beck at 570-427-4071.
Palmerton
Serves households in Palmerton, Towamensing, Lower Towamensing Townships, and the Palmerton School District including Bowmanstown. It is located in St. John's Towamensing Lutheran Church, 2915 Fire Line Road in Palmerton.
The pantry is open the third Friday of each month from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Contact Barbara Brader at 610-377-4768 or Kenneth Kaiser at 610-826-6133.
Summit Hill area
Serves households in Summit Hill and is located in the Summit Hill Heritage Center, 1 West Hazard St.
The pantry is open the fourth Tuesday of each month from 10 a.m. until noon. Contact Rose Marie Armon at 570-645-3604.
Tresckow area
Serves households in Banks Township and is located in the Banks Township Municipal Building, Cherry and Fern streets, in Treskow.
The pantry is open January to October on the fourth Saturday of each month from 9-11 a.m. and the third Saturday each month during November to December from 9-11 a.m.
Contact Betty Milore at 570-454-8209.
Weatherly Area
Serves households in Weatherly, Lausanne and Lehigh Townships, and East Side Borough.
It is located in the Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 335 Third St., Weatherly.
The pantry is open the second Tuesday of each month from 2-4 p.m.
Contact Charles Hettler at 570-427-8981 or the Rev. Donald Adams at 570-427-5071.
Shepherd House
Contact information for Shepherd House Inc. director, Stanley P. Haupt, is 1067 Main Road, Lehighton, PA 18235-9066. Phone 610-377-6048; fax 610-379-5675; or email bookworm@ptd.net.
Office hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The office is closed on weekends and holidays.
