MANNA helps clients in need during COVID-19 outbreak

MANNA is helping clients during coronavirus outbreak

FOX 29's Lauren Dugan spends Wednesday morning at a local organization that is helping to get food to those in need.

PHILADELPHIA - For the last 30 years, MANNA — which stands for Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance — has served as an essential meal provider for residents in need.

As the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic grows, the nonprofit is working to ensure that individuals at acute nutritional risk from life-threatening illnesses can continue to help improve their health and quality of life.

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MANNA delivers three meals a day, seven days a week to residents in the Greater Philadelphia area, as well as Southern New Jersey.

In response to the novel coronavirus, each MANNA client has received one week’s worth of shelf-stable meals on top of their normal meal delivery.

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The nonprofit has adjusted its operating hours, eliminating all evening and Saturday volunteer shifts. MANNA will now be open from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

MANNA is also working to minimize person-to-person interaction for its clients. Staff and volunteer drivers will be following social distancing guidelines set forth by federal officials.

If you are feeling healthy and not considered especially high risk by the CDC, residents are invited to MANNA in the kitchen or on a delivery shift. See here for more information.