NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Desire La-Marr Murphy, founder and CEO of Murphy’s Giving Market in the Philly area, about Biden’s goal for ending hunger in America. Have a listen to the interview: AILSA CHANG, HOST: Hunger is a big problem in the U.S. Government figures show that in 2020, more than 38…
UPPER DARBY – Behind a set of nondescript doors in West Chester Pike is a vibrant market that fights food insecurity that has just received a boost in the fight against hunger. The Franklin Mint Federal Trust has donated $1,000 to Murphy’s Market, located at 7408 West Chester Pike to combat food insecurity in the…
Murphy’s Giving Market is proud to partner with CAADC and MILPA to bring the much needed resources to the community where people actually need them and will now have access to them. Come out and share in our open house and enjoy a positive atmosphere of hope for Upper Darby.
https://www.fox29.com/video/1048576 Desiree La Marr-Murphy joins Good Day Philadelphia to discuss Murphy’s Giving Market’s new partnership with Philabundance. Click on link to view video.
UPPER DARBY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Desiree’ LaMarr-Murphy has been on a mission making sure families have enough food during the pandemic. The line starts outside her home several hours before Murphy’s Giving Market opens. Her makeshift food pantry started by helping nearly a dozen families, and now it serves close to 100 families every week.…
Desiree’ LaMarr-Murphy has been on a mission making sure families have enough food during the pandemic. The line starts outside her home several hours before Murphy’s Giving Market opens every Tuesday. Her makeshift food pantry started by helping nearly a dozen families, and now it serves close to 100 families every week. The ‘Sandwich Hero’…
An Upper Darby woman is serving hungry families in her community right from her own home. Inspired by her own hunger as a child, Desiree Lamarr-Murphy set out on an anti-hunger mission and formed a free food pantry, Murphy’s Giving Market, in her house on Sellers Avenue in Upper Darby. By doing so, she is…
Anti-hunger advocates often talk about fighting hunger in their own backyards. Desiree Lamar Murphy took that call to action literally. Seeing rising hunger rates in her community due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she began operating Murphy’s Giving Market in the backyard of her Upper Darby home. Desiree and her dedicated team of volunteers have served…
Desiree Lamarr is on a mission to end food insecurity. To help fight food insecurity in her community, Desiree Lamarr started Murphy’s Giving Market. She feeds hundreds of local families right out of her backyard.
UPPER DARBY, Pa. – A mother of five is on a mission to help people trying to keep food on the table during the pandemic so she opened a pantry in her backyard in Upper Darby. “We set up social distancing guidelines and we just put the word out. It just started to explode,” Desiree…