Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (NDS) has been awarded a grant from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust for $67,500. This total represents the highest amount NDS has received from the private foundation in recent years.

The grant will help NDS stock food cupboards for its Community Food Program, which helps contribute to the food needs of poor men, women and children throughout the five-county Archdiocese, without distinction of race, color or creed. The funds will also go towards purchasing food certificates to local grocery stores, which helps the Saint Monica's Elder Care program purchase food for senior citizens.

In 2012, the Community Food Program provided meals for 89,796 seniors, 186,613 adults and 156,528 children.

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Editor's Note: Nutritional Development Services' mission is to provide meals, food assistance and additional support to organizations serving children and the poor as an extension of the services and mission of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. For more information on NDS programs please visit www.ndsarch.org/.

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