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Tag: Philabundance

Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence, DLA Troop Support commander, right, Leonard Shannon, DLA Troop Support material handler, center, and Shaun Eagan, DLA Troop Support public affairs specialist, pose in front of a Feds Feed Families donation box Sept. 3, 2019 at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia.

Sept. 18, 2019

Employees set new high in fight against hunger

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees donated a record-high 4,279 pounds during the Feds Feed Families food drive to help fight hunger in Philadelphia.

Sept. 24, 2018

DLA Troop Support employees donate 4,000 meals to neighbors in need

PHILADELPHIA — In their tenth year of participating in the campaign, employees at DLA Troop Support donated more than 3,000 pounds of food to the Feds Feed Families food drive.

Leonard Shannon is the DLA Troop Support Employee of the Month for October.

Dec. 8, 2017

Installation Operations employee, food drive volunteer is DLA Troop Support's Employee of the Month

PHILADELPHIA — Leonard Shannon is the DLA Troop Support Employee of the Month for October. He had an integral part in collecting more than 3,000 pounds of food that was donated to Philabundance, the Philadelphia area's largest hunger relief organization.

Oct. 27, 2017

DLA Philadelphia employees step up for Feds Feed Families

PHILADELPHIA — The DLA Philadelphia workforce donated 3,305 pounds of food, exceeding the goal of 3,000 pounds. The food was delivered to Philabundance, a non-profit organization providing hunger relief to local counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The local Feds Feed Families food drive opened June 20, and Defense Logistics Agency employees in Philadelphia have already donated 962 pounds of food. Several employees and their families volunteered to decorate the collection boxes.

June 28, 2017

Feds Feed Families underway at DLA Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — The local Feds Feed Families food drive opened June 20, and DLA employees in Philadelphia have already donated 962 pounds of food as of June 27.

DLA Installation Services employee Leonard Shannon prepares donated food items for Philabundance days before they're delivered to one of the organization’s drop-off centers in Philadelphia Sept. 15, 2015. Employees donated nearly 200 pounds beyond its 3,000-pound goal for this year’s Feds Feed Families food drive.

Sept. 18, 2015

Employees surpass annual food drive goal fourth year in a row

PHILADELPHIA — Exceeding its Feds Feed Families collection goal is becoming an annual tradition for Defense Logistics Agency Philadelphia, as its employees have done so for the past four years. This year, employees from DLA Troop Support, Installation Services, Information Operations and Document Services donated nearly 200 pounds beyond its 3,000-pound goal,