Education & Youth
After-school tutoring, back-to-school supply drives, and college readiness mentoring for students from kindergarten through senior year.
Learn moreAloha Cares Foundation is a community-driven nonprofit initiative based in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. We invest in education, food security, senior wellness, and environmental stewardship — one family, one neighborhood, one meaningful moment at a time.
Every program we run started with a conversation at a kitchen table or a church basement in Lebanon County. We design our work to fit the people we serve — not the other way around.
After-school tutoring, back-to-school supply drives, and college readiness mentoring for students from kindergarten through senior year.
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Weekly fresh-food pantry, weekend meal packs for schoolchildren, and holiday grocery boxes for households facing hardship.
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Free monthly health screenings, transportation to medical appointments, and companionship visits for isolated older neighbors.
Learn moreAloha Cares Foundation was started by Louis Franklin Diegel in Palmyra, Pennsylvania after years of volunteering in local food pantries and youth programs. The Hawaiian word aloha is more than a greeting — it carries the meaning of respect, compassion, and shared responsibility. That spirit shapes everything we do.
Today our small team works alongside teachers, pastors, nurses, and neighbors to make sure no one in our community feels forgotten. We keep our overhead low, our reporting transparent, and our doors open.
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Every dollar raised in our county stays in our county unless the donor asks otherwise.
Annual reports and program budgets are shared openly with our supporters.
Over 90% of our program hours are contributed by unpaid neighborhood volunteers.
We work with local churches, schools, and clinics — never in competition with them.
The weekend meal packs meant my two boys never had to worry on a Saturday morning. It sounds small, but it changed our whole week.
I retired here and didn't know a soul. The senior wellness circle gave me friends, a ride to the doctor, and a reason to bake again.
These folks show up. When our youth center lost funding, Aloha Cares helped us keep tutoring open two more nights a week.