The Chester County United Way, Chester County Community Foundation, The Alliance for Health Equity, and United Way of Southern Chester County have announced the conclusion of the Help Feed Chesco campaign, which surpassed its $200,000 goal and closed at $219,238 in support of the Chester County Food Bank and neighbors facing food insecurity.

Launched in October, the collaborative campaign combined a $100,000 matching fund jointly contributed by the four organizations with widespread community participation to support the Chester County Food Bank during a time of heightened need.

Corporate and foundation partners played a critical role in the campaign's success, with support provided by The Essential Foundation (Aqua Pennsylvania), Brumbaugh Wealth Management, Comcast, the Di and Dallas Krapf Foundation, the Krapf Family Foundation, KTA Funding Hope Foundation, the Robert M. Price Memorial Foundation, QVC Group, TruMark Financial, and Venerable. Numerous individual donors also contributed to the campaign and demonstrated the community's deep commitment to supporting neighbors in need.

The funding arrives as families across the county face increased hardship and more residents seek food assistance. Chester County Food Bank has increased its distribution by more than 2 million pounds, year over year.

In addition to financial support, the campaign encouraged the community to collect 10,000 pounds of food to help replenish shelves at local food cupboards, senior centers, schools, and partner agencies.

Every contribution, financial or food, helps strengthen food security for the more than one in 10 Chester County neighbors experiencing hunger. To learn more about the Help Feed Chesco initiative, visit http://www.helpfeedchesco.org.

For those in need of food assistance, resources are available by calling 211 or visiting the Chester County Food Bank's "Find Food" directory at http://www.chestercountyfoodbank.org/find-help/food-finder.