Hoover Financial Advisors Fundraising Results For Chester County Food Bank

Malvern, PA – In 2012, Hoover Financial Advisors, PC, selected Chester County Food Bank as its charity of record. Each autumn it holds a Fall Funds for Food campaign to raise money for the food bank before the holidays. With participation from employees, clients and business colleagues HFA has brought in close to $50,000 since 2012.

At a recent check presentation, Pete Hoover, HFA founder and CEO, contributed $15,000 to the local food bank on behalf of HFA and its clients. “At this time of year, we look forward to upcoming holidays and many wonderful family dinners,” says Hoover. “What we too often overlook is the fact there are thousands of people who are unable to gather around the table and enjoy a delicious meal. Not in Chester County, you may say. Sadly, the fact is one in 14 people in the wealthiest county in Pennsylvania lack reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable nutritious food. HFA hopes to make the upcoming months brighter for these families.”

In addition to financial donations, this summer HFA’s staff created food boxes for kids and picked tomatoes at Pete’s Produce Farm. For each dollar donated by financial planning firm, Chester County Food Bank can provide four meals or five pounds of food. Since its inception in 2009, it has provided the equivalent of 1.7 million meals. Eighty-nine percent of the food bank’s operating budget supports the hungry.

HFA, which is headquartered on Moores Road in Malvern, was launched in 2005 by Hoover, who has been an independent financial advisor for more than 30 years. Since its inception, HFA has quadrupled in size. Employees include client relationship managers, financial planners, insurance and tax specialists, investment analyst and an information services manager. This year, HFA PC was named to the Financial Times 300 Top Registered Investment Advisers list. In 2012, it was selected as Small Business of the Year by Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry. For more information, visit its website at petehoover.com or call 610.651.2777. To learn about Chester County Food Bank, call 610.873.6000 or go to chestercountyfoodbank.org.

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Help is available by phone seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. by dialing 2-1-1 or 866-964-7922 and 24 hours a day by visiting www.211sepa.org.

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Study Confirms Poverty Hits The Suburbs, Too

Say poverty in the Philadelphia area, and it conjures images of North Philadelphia or Kensington, not the suburbs.

But the suburbs on both sides of the Delaware River are becoming steadily poorer, part of a national trend that confounds long-held beliefs that life is always better in greener pastures beyond urban limits.

“People have this cliched notion of poverty being based in the inner city,” said Adele LaTourette, director of the New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition, which has offices in Trenton and North Jersey.  “But it’s been moving into suburbia for some time.

“No one wants to think that their neighbors are becoming poor.”

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20130520_Study_confirms_poverty_hits_the_suburbs__too.html#jtGAhiCISV3muuo1.99