KOP Takes Out Hunger & Igloo Garden on the Green Bring in Record Donation

This year’s community-wide effort to bring in food and monetary donations for Upper Merion Area Community Cupboard (UMACC) was a huge success!

Our 12th Annual Food Drive, KOP Takes Out Hunger, took place throughout the month of November and was produced in partnership with Conlin’s Print and presented by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Businesses throughout King of Prussia hosted 34 food donation boxes to benefit UMACC.

We also brought back our magical Igloo Garden on the Green. From November 7-14, six beautifully lit and furnished igloos, complete with heaters and individual bluetooth speakers inside, were set up in King of Prussia Town Center’s green space and were available for a $15/per person (daytime) or $20/person (nighttime) reservation fee, which went to UMACC. This experiential event was a huge success and was met with a lot of interest, fully booking on nights and weekends within weeks of opening reservations for a total of 333 reservations and 1,009 guests.

Thanks to everyone who reserved an igloo, gave a food donation and supported the event through sponsorship, we were thrilled to present $24,340 to UMACC (62% increase from 2023’s donation), along with 3,135+ lbs of food and household item donations. Special thanks to the Upper Merion Area High School football team for helping us unload!

Thank you participating businesses:

• 1000 Continental
• 1018 W. 9th Ave
• 2520 Renaissance Blvd
• 251 DeKalb
• American Baptist Home Mission Societies
• Canvas Valley Forge
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Cirro King of Prussia
• Conlin’s Digital Print & Copy Center
• Founding Farmers
• Freedom Business Center
• GeoBlue
• King of Prussia District
• King of Prussia Mall (management office)
• SKYE 750
• The George Apartments
• The Smith Valley Forge
• Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of PA
• Topgolf
• Regal UA King of Prussia
• Upper Merion Community Center
• Upper Merion Township Building
• Valley Forge Casino Resort

King of Prussia District’s KOP Takes Out Hunger Food Drive and Igloo Garden on the Green is Presented by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and sponsored by Platinum Sponsors, IBEW Local 98 and Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of PA; Gold Sponsors, Eigen X, Key Bank, Radial, Toll Brothers and Topgolf; Supporting Sponsors, Arkema, King of Prussia Town Center, The Galman Group, Traffic Planning & Design, Inc., Valley Forge Casino Resort and Wells Fargo Advisors; Igloo Sponsors, AVE King of Prussia and Ethan Allen; Reservation Partner OpenTable and Print Sponsor Conlin’s Print.