Face to Face entrance. (Photo: Rasheed Z. Ajamu)

Local social services organization Face to Face has announced they are altering their meal service schedule — for the better.

“After months and months of work and hiring new staff… I’m happy to share that Face to Face will be serving two meals a day, seven days a week,” said Executive Director Mary Kay Meeks-Hank in an announcement video.

The announcement came this past Monday, Feb. 16, on the heels of government funding reductions in food and nutrition programs.

Face to Face originally offered meals five days a week, excluding Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 

The expansion doubles down on the org’s mission to reduce suffering and empower the lives of neighbors in Northwest Philadelphia.

Grants Manager Craig Heim says their “principles of Hospitality, Mutuality, and Transformation guide [them] to engaging with those in need, particularly in the current increasingly hostile environment.”

Meeks-Hank says the org’s long-standing partnership with the Carversville Farm Foundation in Bucks County makes guest dining generally possible. The collaboration provides them with “hundreds of thousands of dollars” of certified organic produce, eggs, poultry, and other proteins at no cost.

Face to Face’s Dining Room is one of its most important features, often being the first place where guests connect with other important programs and services the org offers.

These include Social Services, a Legal Center with three full-time attorneys (including the Housing Stabilization Initiative), a health clinic with behavioral health care, and other supports like hot showers and distributions of coats and hygiene kits.

“Thank you for your support,” Meeks-Hank says in the video to community members. “You make this possible.”

Neighbors can stop by the Face to Face Dining Room (123 E. Price St.) any day of the week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a meal. There is no ID or proof of income necessary.