Philadelphia groups among 12 awarded grants for Arab American programming

The food pantry, for instance, wasn’t very busy a few years ago, said Zeina El-Halabi, AACDC associate director. Today, workers can’t keep enough food on the shelves.

AACDC annually serves between 3,000-5,000 people in all of its programs, El Halabi said. “I think we’re making a really big difference.”