You can be a part of the community-wide effort to participate in "It's Spooky to be Hungry", a food drive to benefit Golden Harvest Food Bank. The following businesses, schools and Churches in our area are collecting canned goods or your donation to be part of the largest grassroots effort to help needy neighbors in the CSRA:
Thomson
Regions Bank (all branches)
Georgia Power Company
Steel Magnolia Beauty Shop
McDuffie County Health Department
Stokes-Hodges Chevrolet
State of Georgia Probation Office
McDuffie County Schools
First Citizens Bank
Sun Trust Bank
Union Baptist Church
First National Bank
First Bank
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Fluker Communications
Dearing
Dearing Baptist Church-Dearing
Dearing United Methodist Church-Dearing
Dearing Elementary School
Piney Grove Baptist Church
Warrenton
Macedonia United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Elaine's Beauty Shop
First Citizens Bank
Fountain Campground
Harlem
North Harlem Elementary School
Washington
Smyrna United Methodist Church
Collections will be accepted from now through October 31st.
We are asking for donations of:
Non-perishable, commercially prepared food, with an additional request for disposable diapers and baby wipes.
We will gratefully accept monetary donations, as well.
With their purchasing power, every $1 you donate allows Golden Harvest to distribute nearly $7 of food to the needy -- as if you had spent $7 in the grocery store.
Please make out all tax-deductible checks to It's Spooky To Be Hungry.
It's Spooky to be Hungry is a grassroots, all-volunteer food drive dedicated to helping fight hunger and strengthening our communities since 1992. Last year with the help of more than 230 participating food drive sites throughout the CSRA, in neighborhoods, schools, churches, and businesses, we were able to give Golden Harvest Food Bank more than 86,000 pounds of food and $46,000.
The catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina has affected our area, directly and indirectly. Several thousand displaced survivors now live in our region. Rising gas prices and falling incomes mean even more local residents will need some help feeding their families. It's Spooky To Be Hungry is allocating 20 percent of all funds collected this year to help underwrite the additional costs of helping support hurricane victims who have relocated to our region.
This year more people than ever need a little help from their neighbors. Please give generously, and help stock the shelves of our regional food bank.
For more information about It's Spooky To Be Hungry, contact Sheilah Johnson at 706-595-6146.
