Food giveaway draws crowds in ‘moment of evangelization’ A staff member from archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services (NDS) distributes food packages during a Feb. 6 giveaway at Holy Innocents Parish in Philadelphia, one of several such events the agency has hosted in response to rising COVID-related food insecurity. (Gina Christian) By Gina Christian • Posted February 12, 2021 Hundreds of families lined the streets surrounding a Philadelphia parish last weekend to receive urgently needed food assistance. “We are seeing more and more of a need, not less,” said dietician Jean Falk of archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services (NDS). “Our numbers (of clients) are just increasing.” Falk joined dozens of coworkers and volunteers for a Feb. 6 food distribution at Holy Innocents Parish in the city’s Juniata Park section. The drive-through and walk-up event, one of several organized by the agency in recent months, provided some 1,000 boxes of produce, meat and dairy products funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Farmers to Families” program.