Finleyville Food Pantry eyeing KeyBank branch as possible new home

Stephen Huba | Wednesday, March 13, 2019 2:59 p.m.

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Downtown Finleyville in Washington County.

The Finleyville Food Pantry is asking for help in its search for a new home.

The food pantry in the tiny Washington County borough has its eyes on the Finleyville KeyBank branch, which is scheduled to close May 3 as part of a consolidation plan.

“We’re trying to get a place, and it’s just hard in Finleyville,” said secretary Cheryl Gereshenski.

The food pantry is located at First Presbyterian Church but needs a new home. When KeyBank announced in February that it was closing branches in Finleyville and Smithton, food pantry officials began looking at the building as a possible permanent location.

“It would be wonderful,” Gereshenski said, noting the location would be safer for food pantry clients. “If ours would close up, I don’t know what the people would do.”

To move there, the food bank has begun soliciting donations to raise enough money for a down payment. Donations may be sent to: Finleyville Food Pantry Building Fund, 415 Main St., New Eagle, PA 15067.

For more information, call Pat Trumpie at 412-616-7573.

The food pantry distributes food to qualifying individuals and families from 9 a.m. to noon on the third Saturday of the month, and distributes produce from 9-10:30 a.m. on the remaining Saturdays.

The Finleyville Food Pantry is part of the Greater Washington County Food Bank network.