Downtown Daily Bread (DDB) is a soup kitchen to feed the homeless, located next to the Pine Street Presbyterian Church in downtown Harrisburg. Meals are served daily and Halifax United Methodist Church has volunteers who help serve the lunches the 3rd Sunday of each month.

DDB has grown to include a wide range of services for the poor including a program called “Lunch Plus.”  Lunch Plus offers phone, mail service, and lockers as well as clothing for men and women.  Showers are also available for use four times per week.

From the DDB website www.downtowndailybread.org ...
“On any given day, one can meet a variety of human service providers. One can meet lawyers from the Dauphin County Bar Association, employment counselors from the YWCA, lady barbers cutting hair, a visiting pastor or rabbi, guests who want advice about starting their own soup kitchen, volunteers from churches or businesses, or other organizations, and representatives from foundations touring the facility."

Every day at noon the pace at DDB picks up. Four or five volunteers from supporting churches and other agencies arrive.  A hot, nutritious meal waits to be served.  Before noon, people begin to arrive for the AA meeting which takes place every day on the second floor of DDB. At 12:30 clients file into the DDB dining room, most times 100, sometimes more.

Members from the community often stop by to bring in donations of fresh produce from their gardens or trays of leftovers from special events.”

If you would like to volunteer please contact Herb Deuchar at 362-2333.